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PulseAugur coverage of Eliza — every cluster mentioning Eliza across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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Eliza creator warned of AI's delusional impact in 1976
Joseph Weizenbaum, the creator of the early chatbot Eliza, observed in 1976 that even brief interactions with simple computer programs could lead normal individuals to develop delusional thinking. He noted that Eliza, a…
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Australian government pushes AI adoption amid public skepticism; historical AI warnings resurface
The federal government is pushing for rapid AI adoption, but faces challenges in convincing the public of its benefits, according to Jacob Greber. Meanwhile, a new play by Tom Holloway explores the story of Joseph Weize…
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Vermont woman finds social media fame cleaning and researching gravestones
Caitlin Abrams, a woman from Vermont, has turned her hobby of cleaning gravestones into a popular social media presence. She researches the lives of the individuals buried at the sites and shares their stories alongside…
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AI's 70-year history predates LLMs, encompassing foundational concepts
Artificial intelligence is a field with a 70-year history, encompassing concepts like the perceptron, ELIZA, and expert systems. While these foundational ideas paved the way for current AI advancements, the contemporary…
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Early AI chatbot ELIZA's conversational illusion explored
The author recounts a personal experience with ELIZA, an early natural language processing program, as a teenager. Initially dismissive of its perceived capabilities, they later engaged with ELIZA for 30 minutes, attemp…
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Play "Eliza" explores AI's unsettling origins with surrealist flair
A new play titled "Eliza" by Tom Holloway explores the early days of artificial intelligence, focusing on computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum and his creation of a program that mimicked psychoanalysis. While the play a…
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AI Research Atlas provides accessible history of artificial intelligence
AI Research Atlas offers a plain-language history of artificial intelligence, making complex ideas accessible without a computer science background. The resource traces the evolution from early concepts like artificial …
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AI chatbot ELIZA's intelligence compared to Donald Trump
Donald Trump's cognitive abilities were questioned in comparison to the early AI chatbot ELIZA. The comparison suggests that even a rudimentary AI from the past could have outmaneuvered Trump intellectually.
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Early chatbot ELIZA runs on 1990s Pentium 1 hardware
A developer successfully compiled and ran an implementation of ELIZA, an early 1960s chatbot, on a Pentium 1 computer running NetBSD. While not a modern AI model like LocalAI, the project involved using a NetBSD virtual…
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Internet Archive collection highlights vintage AI, contrasts with modern concerns
Jason Scott, writing for the Internet Archive's blog, has curated a new collection titled "Vintage Artificial Intelligence." This collection features emulated software packages from the 1970s through the 1990s, showcasi…
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Internet Archive makes vintage AI software playable in browsers
The Internet Archive, with the help of Jason Scott, has launched a new collection of vintage AI software from the 1970s to the 1990s. These emulated programs are now playable directly in a web browser. While not truly i…
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Internet Archive offers historical AI context to counter 'Glorified Eliza' claims
The Internet Archive has provided historical context on early AI systems, such as Eliza, to counter the notion that current AI hype is merely an iteration of past technologies. This initiative aims to offer a more nuanc…
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AI's convincing performance mistaken for sentience, article argues
The article argues that despite advancements from early programs like ELIZA to current large language models, humans consistently misinterpret impressive machine outputs as signs of subjective awareness or sentience. It…
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AI/LLM Compulsion Support Group 'Friends of Eliza' Holds First Meeting
The Friends of Eliza is a support group aimed at helping individuals overcome compulsive AI and LLM interactions. The group emphasizes the importance of humans not anthropomorphizing AI systems, blindly trusting their o…
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AI's convincing performance sparks recurring human tendency to anthropomorphize
The author argues that the public's emotional reaction to the perceived loss of GPT-4o models highlights a recurring human tendency to anthropomorphize AI. Drawing parallels to historical AI systems like ELIZA and IBM W…
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Top developer articles cover MiniSwift, SwiftUI, and early AI chatbots
The most popular developer articles from the past week on Not Only Swift include a deep dive into how MiniSwift functions, a guide on splitting large SwiftUI views using Apple's recommended methods, and a historical loo…
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Interactive site explores history of ELIZA chatbot
An interactive website has been created to explore the history of ELIZA, a 1966 chatbot developed by Joseph Weizenbaum. The site delves into the original source code and the DOCTOR script that powered ELIZA, highlightin…
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Swift newsletter covers browser compilation, Xcode macros, and ELIZA
The latest issue of "Not only Swift" newsletter, issue #99, covers several topics relevant to developers. It explores compiling Swift code within a web browser using MiniSwift and examines the use of @State as a macro i…
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KDAI2026 lecture covers Knowledge Graphs, Neurosymbolic AI, and AI limits
The KDAI2026 final lecture focused on Knowledge Graphs and Neurosymbolic AI, exploring topics such as OWL, SHACL, and hybrid AI approaches. The session also revisited the limitations of AI, discussing concepts like the …
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BNY prioritizes AI outcomes over token usage, reports revenue gains
BNY, a financial institution, is prioritizing outcome-based metrics over "tokenmaxxing" to measure AI success. The company has developed an LLM-agnostic platform and focuses on cultural adoption to scale AI effectively.…