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Prof. Catherine Flick@CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk

Professor of Ethics and Games Technology, University of Staffordshire. Co-I IGGI CTD. Vice Chair ACM Committee on Professional Ethics. Co-EiC ACM Games: Research & Practice. Responsible innovation, tech ethics, video games, “AI” & crypto sceptic. Erdos: 3; Bacon: 3. She/her. 

Moderator mastodon.me.uk, content lead for #EMFCamp. 
Naturalised British, Aussie immigrant from Gamaragal country, mum to 2 humans, 5 chickens and 30,000 bees. Rural Leicestershire. Dances Morris with Black Annis.

Website: https://liedra.net
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vB3wHkRNMgQJ&hl=en
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5831-5257
Blog: https://blog.liedra.net
Joined: 2026-10-04 10:07:18
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Prof. Catherine Flick@CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk (2026-10-04 02:22:17)
RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/117378117850915865

Hello, I’m an actual technology ethicist. This is weird and creepy but LLMS ARE NOT ALIVE OMG

The unethical thing is to treat them as if they are! Anthropomorphising LLMs does actual living humans far more of a disservice than even this weird creepy behaviour.