The Stupidity of A.I.

In 1964, Joseph Weizenbaum, a computer scientist
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
developed a chatbot called Eliza,
modelled on a “person-centred” psychotherapist:
whatever you said, it would mirror back to you. 

If you said “I feel sad”, Eliza would respond with:
“Why do you feel sad?”, and so on. 

Weizenbaum actually wanted his project to demonstrate
the superficiality of human communication,
not to be a blueprint for future products. 

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