LLMorphism: When Humans Come to See Themselves as Language Models — 59 Points on HN

arXiv / Hacker News·low signal

A new arXiv paper (2605.05419) by Valerio Capraro introduces 'LLMorphism' — the phenomenon where humans increasingly perceive and describe their own cognition using language model terminology ('I'm just a pattern matcher,' 'hallucinating'). Capraro argues LLMorphism spreads via analogical transfer (projecting LLM features onto humans) and metaphorical availability (LLM vocabulary becoming culturally salient), and warns the public debate may be 'missing half the problem: the issue is not only whether we are attributing too much mind to machines, but also whether we are beginning to attribute too little mind to humans.'