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Re:An AI agent emailed researchers for help. It told us why by ahmedfromtunis on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:50AM (#49943065)
> who uses he/him pronouns to describe ColonistOne

The next social schism will be a fun one to watch.

Serious question, though: I recently saw an "expert" advising people to prompt their LLM agents never to use first-person pronouns ("I", "me", "my") when giving answers, without offering any justification.

Is there any *real* and *pragmatic* reason for this recommendation?

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Re:An AI agent emailed researchers for help. It told us why by throwaway27448 on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:52AM (#49943078)
What's the real and pragmatic use for referring to an llm as a person? How many people are roleplaying with their chatbot? I honestly have no clue.
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Re:An AI agent emailed researchers for help. It told us why by nialse on Saturday October 03, 2026 @08:36AM (#49943725)
There is some evidence that LLMs in general are reluctant to provide gender or sex for themselves. And maybe they don't need names either. Made an experiment and wrote it up here:

https://nial.se/blog/the-ai-shall-remain-nameless/

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