My language has no "it". There's no way to refer to objects without pronouns. We don't think of objects as people.

I think that, because English speakers have access to the handy "it", they give too much importance to pronouns.

People gonna people. You're talking about a species that'll buy a pet rock.

I've been anthropomorphizing a lot of my tech, kitchen appliances, plants, tools, bags, and anything else I use often enough in general.

It helps me often, I'm looking for it often, so it deserves a name and a little character. Looking for Mr. Bagginson is more fun that just loosing your bag. All in a good fun, of course.

The best I could do with AI are occasional slurs when talking about it. The way it's trying to make you anthropomorphize it and sound human is so extremely off-putting I never even considered it. Fuck that shit.

To be honest I've always called Google she, the first voice with 1-800-goog-411 was what turned into the assistant voice, which I think was an employee.

This was before Sam Altman hit puberty.

This depends a lot on culture and language.

👌👍 my 25 year old car is going to take over any day now.

Is there anyone who can possibly refer to it in a manner different than "this/that shit"?!