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  1. #AI #chatbot #LLMs #GenAI #anthropomorphization then sadly followed by #aipsychosis #aidelusion

    Originally 1966 #ELIZAeffect coined by #Weizenbaum who escaped nazi germany as teenager, to become #mit #compsci pioneer
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_ef

    programmed a simple psychiatrist #chatbot —JavaScript web.archive.org/web/2025011412
    Typical answers:
    - tell me more about that
    - please go on

    80s tv recreation of his unexpected surprise once #Eliza archaic bot deceived his secretary:
    youtu.be/RMK9AphfLco

  2. > in 1962, #Weizenbaum was already noting that when it came to the matter of fooling people, it was also quite possible for the program’s author to wind up fooling themselves, as he put it “programs which become so complex…that the author himself loses track, obviously have the highest IQ’s.” In other words, understanding the program did not guarantee protection..
    librarianshipwreck.wordpress.c
    #ElizaEffect #JosephWeizenbaum #TheFifthGeneration