No, math doesn’t have feelings. (Why Anthropic’s “emotion” paper accidentally misleads the public.)
https://www.machinesociety.ai/p/no-math-doesnt-have-feelings-a36
Yes, I think so. I don't see why the researchers would try to mislead. I just think they're used to their own ways of speaking about what they're doing, and can't comprehend how those ways of speaking will impact what people believe.
@MikeElgan good stuff. Thanks for writing this a d breaking it down as you did.