anthropize

present singular third person anthropizes · participle present anthropizing · participle past anthropized · past anthropized · alternative anthropise

1. transitivebiologyTo transform or adapt the environment either to meet the needs of humans, or by human activity.
2. transitiveAI ethicsengineeringTo imbue with anthropic qualities; to make human; to anthropomorphize.

   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

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   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 century

   2018, Mary Midgley, What Is Philosophy For?, page 119

   behavioral literature that shows ways in which humans can be prompted to treat anthropized technology as if it is human

   2022, “Towards Human-Centric Privacy and Humanless Information Protection”, in Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, volume 26, number 1