This is just so.
In fact taking the old “stochastic parrot” argument to the extreme, not only will the behavior of these AI systems be best modeled as a bunch of little guys in the computer, but as some linear combination of *these* specific types of guys:
there are some number of bad abstractions in anthropomorphizing ai intents but there are at this point more dangers from avoiding anthropomorphism at all costs. if you have a mental picture of guys living in computers, it’ll likely prepare you for the future better than otherwise