{"id":10885,"date":"2023-07-25T04:37:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T02:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/25\/a-certain-danger-lurks-there-how-the-inventor-of-the-first-chatbot-turned-against-ai\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T04:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T02:37:45","slug":"a-certain-danger-lurks-there-how-the-inventor-of-the-first-chatbot-turned-against-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/25\/a-certain-danger-lurks-there-how-the-inventor-of-the-first-chatbot-turned-against-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A certain danger lurks there\u2019: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence \u2013 but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans<\/p>\n

In 1966, an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot. He cast it in the role of a psychotherapist. A user would type a message on an electric typewriter connected to a mainframe. After a moment, the \u201cpsychotherapist\u201d would reply.<\/p>\n

User: Men are all alike.
Chatbot: IN WHAT WAY
User: They\u2019re always bugging us about something or other.
Chatbot: CAN YOU THINK OF A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
User: Well, my boyfriend made me come here.
Chatbot: YOUR BOYFRIEND MADE YOU COME HERE
User: He says I\u2019m depressed much of the time.
Chatbot: I AM SORRY TO HEAR YOU ARE DEPRESSED<\/p>\n

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\nComputer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence \u2013 but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans
\nIn 1966, an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot. He cast it in the role of a psychotherapist. A user would type a message on an electric typewriter connected to a mainframe. After a moment, the \u201cpsychotherapist\u201d would reply.
\nUser: Men are all alike.Chatbot: IN WHAT WAYUser: They\u2019re always bugging us about something or other.Chatbot: CAN YOU THINK OF A SPECIFIC EXAMPLEUser: Well, my boyfriend made me come here.Chatbot: YOUR BOYFRIEND MADE YOU COME HEREUser: He says I\u2019m depressed much of the time.Chatbot: I AM SORRY TO HEAR YOU ARE DEPRESSED Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence \u2013 but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans In 1966, an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot. He cast it in the role of a psychotherapist. A user would type a message on an …<\/p>\n

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