Re: Just take me out back and shoot me...

I think I might have read in PAIP that it was a prank that caused the
author to write Eliza...

Memory is fallible though, but that's what I recall...

Regards,

Eben Bruyns


On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 at 14:50, Laughing Water <[email protected]> wrote:

> An exhaustive search (i.e., I asked ChatGPT and Perplexity) concludes that
> ELIZA was not created as a prank but as a demonstration of the
> superficiality of human-computer interaction. Weizenbaum was not joking
> around or trying to fool anyone and was surprised and disturbed by how
> captivating ELIZA turned out to be.
>
> So I’d venture that ELIZA not only demonstrated the superficiality of
> human-computer interaction but of much human-human interaction as well.
>
> On the other hand, it also demonstrated the power of simple Rogerian-style
> listening techniques, such as asking, “Why do you feel/think that?” and
> “Tell me more."
>
> Laughing Water
>
>
> > On Aug 7, 2025, at 7:57 PM, Bradford Miller (as bradford dot w dot
> miller at gmail dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Aug 7, 2025, at 5:02 PM, Eben Bruyns (as eben at sdk dot co dot nz) <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Don't forget that Eliza was born out of a prank …
> >
> > Cite?
> >
> >
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