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@Lazarou@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago
The illusion itself is not the core concern. Those discussing ChatGPT often invoke its distant ancestor, the Eliza “psychotherapist” chatbot developed in 1967 that produced a similar illusion. By modern standards Eliza was primitive: it generated responses via simple heuristics, often rephrasing input as a question or making generic comments. Memorably, Eliza’s creator, the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum, was surprised - and worried - by how many users seemed to feel Eliza, in some sense, understood them. But what modern chatbots produce is more insidious than the “Eliza effect”. Eliza only reflected, but ChatGPT magnifies.
The illusion itself is not the core concern. Those discussing ChatGPT often invoke its distant ancestor, the Eliza “psychotherapist” chatbot developed in 1967 that produced a similar illusion. By modern standards Eliza was primitive: it generated responses via simple heuristics, often rephrasing input as a question or making generic comments. Memorably, Eliza’s creator, the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum, was surprised - and worried - by how many users seemed to feel Eliza, in some sense, understood them. But what modern chatbots produce is more insidious than the “Eliza effect”. Eliza only reflected, but ChatGPT magnifies.
The illusion itself is not the core concern. Those discussing ChatGPT often invoke its distant ancestor, the Eliza “psychotherapist” chatbot developed in 1967 that produced a similar illusion. By modern standards Eliza was primitive: it generated responses via simple heuristics, often rephrasing input as a question or making generic comments. Memorably, Eliza’s creator, the computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum, was surprised - and worried - by how many users seemed to feel Eliza, in some sense, understood them. But what modern chatbots produce is more insidious than the “Eliza effect”. Eliza only reflected, but ChatGPT magnifies.
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