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ELIZA | The Worlds First "AI" Chatbot

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At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one researcher is credited with creating the very first chatbot, a technology that, almost exactly 60 years in the future, would explode into the mainstream, alter the global economy, and raise significant questions about the future. It turns out, that man, Joseph Weizenbaum, would also become one of its earliest critics, seeing it as deceptive, playing upon our natural vulnerabilities. Read Jeff's book, Inventing ELIZA: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262052481/inventing-eliza/ Try ELIZA online: https://anthay.github.io/eliza.html For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts

ELIZA | The Worlds First "AI" Chatbot — Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities