ELIZA: A computer program for the study of natural language communication (1966)(web.stanford.edu)

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ELIZA: A computer program for the study of natural language communication (1966)

https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs124/p36-weizenabaum.pdf

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"It is said that to explain is to explain away. This maxim is nowhere so well fulfilled as in the area of computer programming, especially in what is called heuristic programming and artificial intelligence. For in those realms machines are made to behave in wondrous ways, often sufficient to dazzle even the most experienced observer. But once a particular program is unmasked, once its inner workings are explained in language sufficiently plain to induce understanding, its magic crumbles away; it stands revealed as a mere collection of procedures, each quite comprehensible."

I wonder how our reaction to ChatGPT would change if we had absolutely no idea about the technology behind it.