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> how well Opus 4.8 understands [...] and he'll confidently

I always think of the nun character against AI in Mrs Davis:

> "Don't give it a name. No one calls Facebook Doug. No one calls Twitter Mary Lou. No one calls them anything, because no one uses them anymore. They use it, and it's not a person. It's code. - Mrs Davis

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You're not wrong, but if I'm talking to a Chinese Room, I'm still going to use pronouns and all sorts of meatbag-specific language. It doesn't matter if there really is a real person on the other end or not -- it's easier for me to just default to the assumption that there is. Monkey brain gonna anthropomorphize.

On the other hand if I try to talk to Facebook, all he says in response is "200 OK".

I am not saying it is wrong to call Opus "he". I am saying it reminds me of that show, that is all. No further intention from my side.

Eh, humans give names to and/or anthropomorphise lots of things. My partner names all of her cars and bikes; I don't. Isn't it more rational to feel some sort of connection and anthropomorphise a tool with which you can at least have an intelligent conversation, than a simple machine?

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