ANTHROPICKING BIG TECH: THE ILLUSION OF SENTIENCE IN SILICON

In the digital/virtual/cybernetic realm, we are increasingly tempted/drawn/inclined to anthropomorphize/project human qualities onto/attribute sentience to Big Tech. These complex/powerful/ubiquitous algorithms, with their sophisticated/clever/intuitive capabilities, evoke/mimic/simulate human thought processes, leading us to believe/assume/perceiv