AI, anthropomorphism, and clarity of purpose

I attended the National AI Summit in town yesterday. It was interesting. Half of the presenters were sharing thoughtful, reflective approaches to using AI as a tool to enhance creativity and learning while fostering (protecting? they said &ldquo; protect &rdquo; a lot ) humanity. The other half were AI cheerleading, evangelism, and/or thinly-veiled sales pitches. For the more-interesting sessions,…