anthropize
verbEtymology From anthrop- + -ize.
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Engineering, Human sciences, Natural sciences, Philosophy, Physical sciences, Sciences, Technical To imbue with anthropic qualities; to make human; to anthropomorphize.
- In his speculations about the phylogenies of the apes, Reynolds rests his conclusions upon standard but insecure evidence and premature interpretations, and he occasionally anthropizes living apes; for example (p. 126) "maniacal calls of groups of chimpanzees ..."1968, American Scientist, volume 56, page 490:
- This dream of mechanizing people by way of anthropizing machines seems to have originated in the early nineteenth century2018, Mary Midgley, What Is Philosophy For?, page 119:
2 more examples
- behavioral literature that shows ways in which humans can be prompted to treat anthropized technology as if it is human2022, “Towards Human-Centric Privacy and Humanless Information Protection”, in Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, volume 26, number 1:
- This framing however requires you to anthropize AI to an extent. How do you view it as an other species?2024 March 15, Katrina Paulson, “Anthropomorphization vs. Dehumanization”, in Medium:
- Derived terms
- misanthropize
- Related terms
- anthropization, anthropocene, anthropomorphism