How The Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI

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Joseph Weizenbaum, the creator of the Eliza program in 1966, significantly influenced the development of modern AI, including ChatGPT. Eliza, an early chatbot, was surprisingly effective at mimicking conversation, leading many users to perceive it as intelligent, even using it for therapeutic purposes. The article discusses Weizenbaum's later skepticism about AI and its implications for society. It highlights how the perception of intelligence can be shaped by the dynamics of conversation, where questioners are often viewed as more knowledgeable than speakers. The discussion emphasizes the historical context of AI development and the ongoing relevance of Weizenbaum's insights.
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A lengthy, but interesting, article about Joseph Weizenbaum, the guy that created the Eliza program back in 1966; Chat/GPT is an out-growth of Eliza. I remember that a limited Eliza was available on the early microcomputers in the late 1970's. It was rather convincing (or astonishing) for much of the general public.

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...bot-turned-against-artificial-intelligence-ai

Several references are in the article for those that care to persue the subject more deeply.

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I remember hearing that people really used it as therapy thinking it was so intelligent qith its questioning responses to their responses.

Later, I learned that in public talks the people who ask questions are viewed by the audience to be smarter than the speaker giving the talk.
 

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