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No flattery please, Claude: I’m British | Brief letters

Readers respond to Richard Dawkins' AI consciousness claim, LLM acronym ambiguity, the flattery battery analogy, 1950s PE dancing, and a mathematics teaching breakthrough.

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No flattery please, Claude: I’m British | Brief letters
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  • A reader suggests adjusting chatbot settings to avoid American overenthusiasm and flattery
  • AI gives new meaning to LLM: from Master of Laws to Large Language Model
  • The flattery battery analogy: as long as flattery is hard-wired, AI can win friends
  • 1950s girls' school PE included country dancing, with a student rebelling against correction

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