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AI's rise makes users question anthropomorphic machine behaviors

The author finds that as AI becomes more prevalent, previously minor instances of machine anthropomorphism, such as delayed notifications, are becoming increasingly irritating. This is exemplified by ScreenTime notifications that consistently arrive a few minutes past the hour, a behavior that now fuels suspicion rather than being a minor annoyance. The piece suggests this is a consequence of AI's growing influence on how machines interact with users. AI

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    Since the explosion of AI, little things machines have always been programmed to do in an effort to anthropomorphize themselves now seem increasingly grating. F

    Since the explosion of AI, little things machines have always been programmed to do in an effort to anthropomorphize themselves now seem increasingly grating. For example, ScreenTime notifications have always appeared somewhere between 0900 and 0905. Never right at 0900, because …