
AI in the time of Loneliness
The Assignment with Audie Cornish
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Introduction
Before chat, GBT and Alexa and Siri, there was Eliza. Joseph Weisenbaum designed the Eliza program in 1966. Today's chatbots are therapists and even proxy lovers. And if you build a partner through an app like Replica, it promises an AI experience for sharing thoughts,. feelings, beliefs, experiences, memories, and dreams.
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