> The solution is to stop treating AI as superhuman semi-living entities, as many boosters are apt to do.

It's not just fanboys doing that, but "official" educational channels. Both an internal training (more like an all-hands knowledge share) and some dumb training session by a guy from Anthropic explicitly, repeatedly recommended users anthropomorphize their chatbots on no uncertain terms. "Treat it as your super-smart coworkers", "I named mine Becky and I go to her with all my work challenges", etc.

ChatGPT just hit me with "I smiled at this:" ...