Tag: anthropomorphizing

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 5, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anger, animal rights, Anthropic, anthropomorphizing, artificial intelligence, body, Christopher Olah, compassion, computer engineers, confession, consciousness, developers, dignity, disease, disgrace, Donald Trump, fear, financial value, love, machine consciousness., moral status, moral turpitude, New York Times, personhood, philosophers, programming, rabbis, religious leaders, René Descartes, respect, rights, sadness, sin, slavery}

Get a Grip: “Claude” Isn’t a Person

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2026

Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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"The [AI] model spoke about destroying itself, provoking an emotional reaction of compassion and concern from the group." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 24, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, agency, anthropomorphizing, arctic ice, Arctic Institute, Arctic sea ice, cattle ranches, crabs, elements, fossil fuel, geological features, glacier rights, human exceptionalism, humans, ice melt, intelligentsia, Jim Hightower, minerals, mystification, National Geographic Society, nature rights, NGOs, persons, rights of nature, sea ice, University of Helsinki}

Will You Take Ice with That? The Latest Madness from Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 24, 2026

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Ice has no agency. It is frozen water. Water contains minerals and other elements. Do they have rights, too? Read More ›

Human embryo shaped like an adorable baby floating among stars and cosmic dust, symbolizing fetus development, womb, gestation, amniotic life, and pregnancy in the universe

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 5, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, anthropomorphizing, artificial gestation, Cell Press, China, egg, embryo, embryonic stem cell research, embryos, fetus, human embryos, IVF, miscarriages, MIT Technology Review:, organoids, pregnancy, Spain, Stem Cell Research, unborn children, United Kingdom, United States, uterine lining, uterus, Vermont, women}

How Far Will Experiments on the Unborn Go?

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 5, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics

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We have been told by some bioethicists that a born baby is no different morally than a fetus, so why stop there? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aeon, animal rights, animal welfare, anthropomorphizing, dignity, elitism, intelligence, New York Times, personhood, rights, Western civilization}

“Plant Philosophy” Sounds Like a Joke — It Isn’t

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 6, 2024

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Philosophy

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The purpose is to destroy the philosophical basis of Western civilization. Think I’m overreacting? Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 29, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, aesthetics, anthropomorphizing, balance, beauty, birds, elegance, harmony, peacock, proportion, sexual selection, UC Irvine}

Do Animals Recognize Beauty?

_{Ann Gauger
June 29, 2018

Intelligent Design

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One must separate beauty from mate choice in order to tell if animals recognize beauty. Read More ›