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[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of the style of conversation ELIZA used.

Weizenbaum chose to make the DOCTOR script in the context of psychotherapy to "sidestep the problem of giving the program a data base of real-world knowledge", allowing it to reflect back the patient's statements to carry the conversation forward. The result was a somewhat intelligent-seeming response that reportedly deceived some early users of the program.