Reasoning Beyond Code: AI That Argues Back - Liwaiwai

We, as humans, have the tendency to anthropomorphize objects around us. That is to say we attribute human characteristics, such as emotions or even intent to non-human things. To do so is literally within our psychological nature. However, it is one thing where a home vacuum, like a Roomba, can be seen as an endearing pet. It is a completely different scenario to give an AI a pronoun (Project Debater is referred to as a "she") and proceed to debate with it as if it were another human with actual stake in the issues being argued about.