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There is a "2" after that, which means it cited a web source, perhaps a source that is talking about conversations with the new Bing beta

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Maybe it's using the web as it's makeshift long term memory? Let me know when I'm anthropomorphizing.

Genuine philosophical question: if something is created to convincingly resemble humans, is characterizing it as human really an "anthropomorphization"?

Is it the status of the speaker (what you "know" about the subject) or the subject (how the subject outwardly behaves) that matters more?

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