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Cognitive bias in which computers are anthropomorphised

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[โ€“] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Daniel Rutter's column, Your Computer Is Not Alive, remains relevant and evergreen.

Also, linking vintage Dan twice in the last week or so is definitely feeling like a two nickels situation, here.

I think viruses, fire, suns, and religions are alive, because they all reproduce.

We use computers to run assembly lines that make more chips, so computers are alive too.