Strange Country Ep. 306: ELIZA
In 1964, MIT researcher Joseph Weizenbaum created the first therapy chatbot ELIZA and realized soon after that it sucked and humanity was worse for it. Sixty years later, our new tech gods are like "sex porn bots for all!" Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly emulate the AI versions of themselves as they tell the tale of a computer scientist realizing Frankenstein's monster is a pile of generic platitudes that soaks up more energy than is sustainable.
Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands
Cite your sources:
Huet, Ellen and Rachel Metz. "The Chatbot Delusions." Bloomberg…
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