Noodlemaznoodlemaz@mstdn.games
Oct 14, 2026, 12:07 PM@geichel @msbellows I think that's a slightly different point to the one being made, not that it's not also fair
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Oct 14, 2026, 12:33 PM@noodlemaz @msbellows no my point is we're all sociopaths. Of course I'm going to anthropomorphize something that is in active dialogue with me. Knowing that it's transactional in the same way that a friendly barista is transactional is my point.
- Noodlemaznoodlemaz@mstdn.gamesOct 14, 2026, 2:07 PM
@geichel @msbellows well, anthropomorphising stuff isn't what makes a sociopath (or someone with antisocial personality disorder). That's human brains. Sociopathy/APD is aberrant in the lacking of certain emotions and human connection, often making people exceptionally manipulative. Seeing people where there aren't people just isn't that. Pareidolia and tendency to anthropormorphise is stuff all people do.
Lacking empathy and other emotions is not.We're talking about the idea that machines could be people, and whether people who don't see *other people* as people might be more likely to think that's a possibility or real now.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/sociopathy