Dehumanizing machines: Making sense of AI systems that seem human

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Alexandra Olteanu, Principal Researcher, and Su Lin Blodgett, Principal Researcher, both from Microsoft Research Montréal, discuss the anthropomorphic design and perception of generative AI systems. Their work equips practitioners with frameworks for understanding what makes these systems appear human-like, and how to deliberately design systems that are effective, ethical, and non-misleading.

Dehumanizing Machines: Mitigating Anthropomorphic Behaviors in Text Generation Systems: https://aka.ms/dehumanizingMachines
Taxonomy of Linguistic Expressions that Contribute to Anthropomorphism: https://aka.ms/anthropomorphismTaxonomy
AI Automatons: AI Systems Intended to Imitate Humans: https://aka.ms/aiautomatons

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