I know what you mean, it's the uncanny valley. But we don't need to "pretend" that it is a machine. It is a goddamned machine. Surely, only two unclouded brain cells can help us reach this conclusion?!
Yuval Noah Harari's "simple" idea comes to mind (I often disagree with his thinking, as he tends to make bold and sweeping statements on topics well out of his expertise area). It sounds a bit New Age-y, but maybe it's useful in the context of LLMs:
"How can you tell if something is real? Simple: If it suffers, it is real. If it can't suffer, it is not real."
An LLM can't suffer. So no need to get one's knickers in a twist with mental gymnastics.
Yuval Noah Harari's "simple" idea comes to mind (I often disagree with his thinking, as he tends to make bold and sweeping statements on topics well out of his expertise area). It sounds a bit New Age-y, but maybe it's useful in the context of LLMs:
"How can you tell if something is real? Simple: If it suffers, it is real. If it can't suffer, it is not real."
An LLM can't suffer. So no need to get one's knickers in a twist with mental gymnastics.