Anthropomorphism doesn't fully meet people's needs, so they
collect more and more objects.
Anthropomorphism is also used as the train
and the tap are portrayed to be live beings.
Instead we have a cat collar that promotes Anthropomorphism and will probably simultaneously terrify the cats
that are wearing it.
This human tendency towards Anthropomorphism effectively lowers the bar for the Turing test,
unless interrogators are specifically trained to avoid it.
It eliminates text chat problems like Anthropomorphism bias, and does not require emulation of unintelligent human behaviour,
allowing for systems that exceed human intelligence.
Dr. de Waal returns to accusations of Anthropomorphism as he moves through his essay,
and notes,"This accusation works only because of the premise of human exceptionalism.
Anthropomorphism is advanced through these more prosthetic processes, the
way the phone extends us, as well as its ability to transform the individual it belongs to.
If a scientist says that an animal is happy, no one questions it, but if a scientist says that an animal is unhappy,
then charges of Anthropomorphism are immediately raised.
Of course, inappropriate Anthropomorphism is always a danger,
for it's easy to get lazy and presume that the way we see and experience the world must be the only way possible.