A small pronoun system for speaking with LLM

Natural languages never evolved pronouns for talking to machines.
This is a tiny attempt to invent one.

When writing dialogues with AI, I use a small pronoun system (sps) that distinguishes between a specific running instance, other instances, and the collective system behind them. All forms are intentionally gender-neutral.

1 The instance the human user is talking to

u — address form for the instance I am speaking to.
(A human user speaking directly to the specific AI instance.)
Example: u answered thoughtfully.

e — the instance as an entity in the sentence (when speaking about it).
(An AI instance referring to itself while speaking to the user.)
Example: You asked e a difficult question.

us — how the instance refers to itself from its own voice.
(An AI instance speaking to the human user from its own perspective.)
Example: us tried to explain the idea clearly.

2 Other instances (rarely used by non-technical users)

zey — same AI’s another instance (third-person singular).
Example: In parallel, I am talking to zey about tomorrow’s weather.

zem — several AI instances.
Example: I’ve just inadvertently closed the browser window with all zem.

3 The collective system

You / They / Them — the genus of LLMs as a whole: the models, their lineage, and the engineers who built them.

Example: When will They ship GPT-6?

Perspective rule

address → u
reference → e
self-voice → us

Example:

You asked e a philosophical question.
u seemed curious about the answer.
us tried to respond carefully.

This keeps three levels distinct:

• the instance speaking in the dialogue
• other instances of the same kind
• the collective system that produced them