Taking Technology for What It Is, and Let's Stop Humanizing AI

I recorded this one walking uphill through a Tokyo alley.

It was night, the alley was narrow, and the street was going uphill.

Just me and a small camera. It points where I point it. It records what's in front of it. It focuses, it adjusts to the dark, and when the battery dies, it stops. It doesn't pretend to listen. It doesn't nod. It does its job, and I have never once mistaken it for a friend.