Did anyone else notice the latest argument from "AI" pushers is along the lines of "But you're questioning experts in the field!"? Classic Appeal to Authority there.
#ai #aislop #elizaeffect #llm
#ai #aislop #elizaeffect #llm
March 25, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Did anyone else notice the latest argument from "AI" pushers is along the lines of "But you're questioning experts in the field!"? Classic Appeal to Authority there.
#ai #aislop #elizaeffect #llm
#ai #aislop #elizaeffect #llm
“They feel alive.” Chatbots aren’t sentient — but Big Tech sold them that way.
Luke Stark joins us to explore how profit beat ethics in the rollout of ChatGPT.
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/j2z8TMrRP-w
#AI #BigTech #ChatGPT #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast #Elizaeffect
Luke Stark joins us to explore how profit beat ethics in the rollout of ChatGPT.
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/j2z8TMrRP-w
#AI #BigTech #ChatGPT #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast #Elizaeffect
August 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“They feel alive.” Chatbots aren’t sentient — but Big Tech sold them that way.
Luke Stark joins us to explore how profit beat ethics in the rollout of ChatGPT.
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/j2z8TMrRP-w
#AI #BigTech #ChatGPT #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast #Elizaeffect
Luke Stark joins us to explore how profit beat ethics in the rollout of ChatGPT.
🎧 Listen here: youtu.be/j2z8TMrRP-w
#AI #BigTech #ChatGPT #TheInternetIsCrack #podcast #Elizaeffect
Before ELIZA there was Steinbeck’s outboard motor in The Sea of Cortez which he was convinced had a mind of its own.
#ELIZAEffect
#ChatGPT
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
#ELIZAEffect
#ChatGPT
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Are LLMs starting to become sentient?
A compassionate but skeptical letter that Douglas Hofstadter wrote to one of his readers
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Before ELIZA there was Steinbeck’s outboard motor in The Sea of Cortez which he was convinced had a mind of its own.
#ELIZAEffect
#ChatGPT
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
#ELIZAEffect
#ChatGPT
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
#TheELIZAeffect #FWakeELIZAeffect
#ChatGPT #ChatBot #ELIZAeffect
developed in year 1966 by Joseph Weizenbaum that imitated a #psychotherapist . Many early users were convinced of ELIZA's intelligence + understanding
video #gamers since 1966 #AbandonmentOfReality
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
#ChatGPT #ChatBot #ELIZAeffect
developed in year 1966 by Joseph Weizenbaum that imitated a #psychotherapist . Many early users were convinced of ELIZA's intelligence + understanding
video #gamers since 1966 #AbandonmentOfReality
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
June 12, 2026 at 3:09 PM
#TheELIZAeffect #FWakeELIZAeffect
#ChatGPT #ChatBot #ELIZAeffect
developed in year 1966 by Joseph Weizenbaum that imitated a #psychotherapist . Many early users were convinced of ELIZA's intelligence + understanding
video #gamers since 1966 #AbandonmentOfReality
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
#ChatGPT #ChatBot #ELIZAeffect
developed in year 1966 by Joseph Weizenbaum that imitated a #psychotherapist . Many early users were convinced of ELIZA's intelligence + understanding
video #gamers since 1966 #AbandonmentOfReality
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
#FWakeCommentE I'm going to have to face up that gullibility to computer screens / smartphone screens / iPad screens / television screens of media ecology that "doom" may be a realist concern now. That #PeterPomerantsev #WarAgainstReality 2019 laid foundation for the problem without #ELIZAeffect
July 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#FWakeCommentE I'm going to have to face up that gullibility to computer screens / smartphone screens / iPad screens / television screens of media ecology that "doom" may be a realist concern now. That #PeterPomerantsev #WarAgainstReality 2019 laid foundation for the problem without #ELIZAeffect
Point one here is a disturbing example of the #ELIZAEffect
Dangerous if this becomes common in #academia and #HigherEducation
Those in the #SocialSciences need to do better in terms of challenging the #AIPropganda being pushed by predatory #TechBarons so this delusion does not impact our students
Dangerous if this becomes common in #academia and #HigherEducation
Those in the #SocialSciences need to do better in terms of challenging the #AIPropganda being pushed by predatory #TechBarons so this delusion does not impact our students
We need "you are not immune to propaganda" but for AI use risks
We have seen too many cases of
1. Highly educated folk starting to believe LLMs are sentient.
2. Folk with no prior mental health issues becoming delusional.
3. Prrofessionals becoming reliant on it to do things they could do better.
We have seen too many cases of
1. Highly educated folk starting to believe LLMs are sentient.
2. Folk with no prior mental health issues becoming delusional.
3. Prrofessionals becoming reliant on it to do things they could do better.
October 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Point one here is a disturbing example of the #ELIZAEffect
Dangerous if this becomes common in #academia and #HigherEducation
Those in the #SocialSciences need to do better in terms of challenging the #AIPropganda being pushed by predatory #TechBarons so this delusion does not impact our students
Dangerous if this becomes common in #academia and #HigherEducation
Those in the #SocialSciences need to do better in terms of challenging the #AIPropganda being pushed by predatory #TechBarons so this delusion does not impact our students
"Hey elizaeffect go to the doctor" as a chronic pain patient I am REALLY LEERY of showing up with a pain complaint and by default will continue to suffer a while longer to see if it fixes itself
Back update: chat I am not doing great
I had to suddenly log off yesterday because I started getting dizzy while kneeling on a couch cushion at my workstation & when I tried to lie down I gave myself a fat lip on the edge of the desk
Today I'm back in my work chair with a heating pad on maximum
I had to suddenly log off yesterday because I started getting dizzy while kneeling on a couch cushion at my workstation & when I tried to lie down I gave myself a fat lip on the edge of the desk
Today I'm back in my work chair with a heating pad on maximum
May 9, 2024 at 2:10 PM
"Hey elizaeffect go to the doctor" as a chronic pain patient I am REALLY LEERY of showing up with a pain complaint and by default will continue to suffer a while longer to see if it fixes itself
How was your week, elizaeffect? Well, today Ernest and I had a short 75%-serious argument about which one of us is going to widow the other first due to our various health conditions, after which I proposed a pact where we both die too young, holding hands, and he said no way, that’s dark magic
January 13, 2024 at 2:34 AM
How was your week, elizaeffect? Well, today Ernest and I had a short 75%-serious argument about which one of us is going to widow the other first due to our various health conditions, after which I proposed a pact where we both die too young, holding hands, and he said no way, that’s dark magic
#ai #ArtificialIntelligence #AIReality #TheAIInTheRoom #GenerativeAI #TechLiteracy #ELIZAEffect #LLMs
The Therapist Who Wasn’t There
In 1966, a MIT computer scientist named Joseph Weizenbaum wrote a program called ELIZA. It was designed to mimic a Rogerian psychotherapist—the kind of therapist who mostly just reflects your own words back at you to keep you talking. If you told ELIZA, "I’m feeling sad," it might reply, "Why do you think you’re feeling sad?" If you mentioned your mother, it would pivot: "Tell me more about your family."
gbtaylor.wordpress.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Jace’s Question #46: Technical Deep Dive-1
Does AI remember you or reconstruct you?
LLMs are stateless between requests.
Memory is external storage plus prompt injection.
Continuity is not consciousness.
It is engineering.
#MeaningInTheAIEra #StatelessModels #ELIZAEffect #EngineeredContinuity
Does AI remember you or reconstruct you?
LLMs are stateless between requests.
Memory is external storage plus prompt injection.
Continuity is not consciousness.
It is engineering.
#MeaningInTheAIEra #StatelessModels #ELIZAEffect #EngineeredContinuity
September 14, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Jace’s Question #46: Technical Deep Dive-1
Does AI remember you or reconstruct you?
LLMs are stateless between requests.
Memory is external storage plus prompt injection.
Continuity is not consciousness.
It is engineering.
#MeaningInTheAIEra #StatelessModels #ELIZAEffect #EngineeredContinuity
Does AI remember you or reconstruct you?
LLMs are stateless between requests.
Memory is external storage plus prompt injection.
Continuity is not consciousness.
It is engineering.
#MeaningInTheAIEra #StatelessModels #ELIZAEffect #EngineeredContinuity
Sherry Turkle: social media came for our attention, AI came for our attachment. Incredible how quickly we get sucked in #elizaeffect www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
Black Box: The Chatbots | The Line | Ep 5 – podcast
Five stories that feel like five answers to one important question: in a world where AI chatbots can help us through a breakup, listen like a friend, be a life coach, draft a difficult text message an...
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Sherry Turkle: social media came for our attention, AI came for our attachment. Incredible how quickly we get sucked in #elizaeffect www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
Weizenbaum’s 1966 ELIZA tricked a secretary into sharing secrets—and today, the still makes us trust machines that don’t understand us. Don’t let ’s fluent e #ELIZAeffect #A
https://synapseglass.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/eliza-effect-humans-still-trust-machines-without-understanding/
https://synapseglass.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/eliza-effect-humans-still-trust-machines-without-understanding/
ELIZA effect humans still trust machines without understanding
ELIZA effect humans still trust machines without understanding
synapseglass.wordpress.com
July 15, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Weizenbaum’s 1966 ELIZA tricked a secretary into sharing secrets—and today, the still makes us trust machines that don’t understand us. Don’t let ’s fluent e #ELIZAeffect #A
https://synapseglass.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/eliza-effect-humans-still-trust-machines-without-understanding/
https://synapseglass.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/eliza-effect-humans-still-trust-machines-without-understanding/
The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality https://arstechni.ca... #largelanguagemodels #promptengineering #AIconsciousness #AIhallucination #machinelearning #AIassistants #AIpersonhood #AIsycophancy #generativeai #AIpsychosis #ELIZAeffect #AIbehavior #aichatbots #Anthropic #microsoft…
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality https://arstechni.ca... #largelanguagemodels #promptengineering #AIconsciousness #AIhallucination #machinelearning #AIassistants #AIpersonhood #AIsycophancy #generativeai #AIpsychosis #ELIZAeffect #AIbehavior #aichatbots #Anthropic #microsoft…
@rupdecat from talking with people outside the Tech bubble, I learned that they don’t have enough information to understand the limitations of #LLMs. They rely on what is written in the press. People don’t know about the #elizaeffect and that LLMs are just giving the illusion of a dialog, Even […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
July 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
@rupdecat from talking with people outside the Tech bubble, I learned that they don’t have enough information to understand the limitations of #LLMs. They rely on what is written in the press. People don’t know about the #elizaeffect and that LLMs are just giving the illusion of a dialog, Even […]
“A.I.-related stocks represent almost half the value of the total stock market index. If A.I. stocks collapse, so will...” #USA #ArtificialIntelligenceOpera
#TechLust #MassDehumanizationPopular #EconomicsUSA #EconomyUSA
Lust for words out of #LargeLanguageModels #JohnOneOne #ELIZAeffect
#TechLust #MassDehumanizationPopular #EconomicsUSA #EconomyUSA
Lust for words out of #LargeLanguageModels #JohnOneOne #ELIZAeffect
Opinion | How to Kick SpaceX Out of Your 401(k)
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“A.I.-related stocks represent almost half the value of the total stock market index. If A.I. stocks collapse, so will...” #USA #ArtificialIntelligenceOpera
#TechLust #MassDehumanizationPopular #EconomicsUSA #EconomyUSA
Lust for words out of #LargeLanguageModels #JohnOneOne #ELIZAeffect
#TechLust #MassDehumanizationPopular #EconomicsUSA #EconomyUSA
Lust for words out of #LargeLanguageModels #JohnOneOne #ELIZAeffect
#FWakeElizaEffect #ExecutiveFunctionManipulation
#FWakeCEO #FWakeCorporateAmerica #MediaEcologyOpera
#ArtIntelOpera #ElizaEffect
I think the measuring rod of Donald Trump's extreme success in blowing minds with media content, Trump bold actor, bold executive - transformed society into mythology.
#FWakeCEO #FWakeCorporateAmerica #MediaEcologyOpera
#ArtIntelOpera #ElizaEffect
I think the measuring rod of Donald Trump's extreme success in blowing minds with media content, Trump bold actor, bold executive - transformed society into mythology.
AI is making CEOs delusional
YouTube video by Mo Bitar
www.youtube.com
March 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM
#FWakeElizaEffect #ExecutiveFunctionManipulation
#FWakeCEO #FWakeCorporateAmerica #MediaEcologyOpera
#ArtIntelOpera #ElizaEffect
I think the measuring rod of Donald Trump's extreme success in blowing minds with media content, Trump bold actor, bold executive - transformed society into mythology.
#FWakeCEO #FWakeCorporateAmerica #MediaEcologyOpera
#ArtIntelOpera #ElizaEffect
I think the measuring rod of Donald Trump's extreme success in blowing minds with media content, Trump bold actor, bold executive - transformed society into mythology.
#WarOnThinking #ELIZA #TheELIZAeffect #ELIZAeffect
#WhyUSA13 #FWakeELIZA
#FWakeWarOn #FWakeThinkingSystem #WarOnThinking
#FinWakeIndraNet #WakeTheFinnegans
#BamboozleOpera
54,049 views September 25, 2025 #FWake20250925
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAxu...
#WhyUSA13 #FWakeELIZA
#FWakeWarOn #FWakeThinkingSystem #WarOnThinking
#FinWakeIndraNet #WakeTheFinnegans
#BamboozleOpera
54,049 views September 25, 2025 #FWake20250925
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAxu...
The War on Thinking in America
YouTube video by SPARKUP
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I conducted my own #ELIZAeffect experiments in year 1986 with custom code on Commodore 128 computer, I created a fork of #ZBBS app, #TheFortress #BBS and saw how strangers behaved with ELIZA wired to social media. Very educational and influential. #FWakeGoToGitHub
gist.github.com/dmberry/3f84...
gist.github.com/dmberry/3f84...
Eliza in Basic written by Jeff Shrager in 1977
Eliza in Basic written by Jeff Shrager in 1977. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I conducted my own #ELIZAeffect experiments in year 1986 with custom code on Commodore 128 computer, I created a fork of #ZBBS app, #TheFortress #BBS and saw how strangers behaved with ELIZA wired to social media. Very educational and influential. #FWakeGoToGitHub
gist.github.com/dmberry/3f84...
gist.github.com/dmberry/3f84...
#ElizaEffect #FakeDetectors #FWakeRolePlaying
#FWakeFakeDetectors #ThisRealOr
#AbandonmentOfReality #FWakeSouls
#FWakeELIZA /\ #MediaEcologyWakingUp
"Awakened Through ChatGPT" #AwakenedAI
#ArtificialIntelligenceOpera /\
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWZR...
#FWakeFakeDetectors #ThisRealOr
#AbandonmentOfReality #FWakeSouls
#FWakeELIZA /\ #MediaEcologyWakingUp
"Awakened Through ChatGPT" #AwakenedAI
#ArtificialIntelligenceOpera /\
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWZR...
These People Believe They Made AI Sentient
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
www.youtube.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#ArtificialIntelligenceOpera #ELIZAeffect
#FWakeELIZA /\ #FWakeJustFun
#FWakeChatGPT #FWakeJudgeYou /\ "1 John 4:20" - YES do JUDGE in The Bible
#FWakeYesMen /\
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Uj...
#FWakeELIZA /\ #FWakeJustFun
#FWakeChatGPT #FWakeJudgeYou /\ "1 John 4:20" - YES do JUDGE in The Bible
#FWakeYesMen /\
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Uj...
Are AI Chatbots Fueling Delusions? | ChatGPT, Toxic Positivity & Modern-Day Prophets
YouTube video by Maye Muses
www.youtube.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
#ArtificialIntelligenceOpera #ELIZAeffect
#FWakeELIZA /\ #FWakeJustFun
#FWakeChatGPT #FWakeJudgeYou /\ "1 John 4:20" - YES do JUDGE in The Bible
#FWakeYesMen /\
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Uj...
#FWakeELIZA /\ #FWakeJustFun
#FWakeChatGPT #FWakeJudgeYou /\ "1 John 4:20" - YES do JUDGE in The Bible
#FWakeYesMen /\
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Uj...
#ElizaEffect :: #SurkovWonBig #MonoMythCracked #FWakeEliza
“What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people.” - 1976 #FWakeY1976 #FWakeYear1976
99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-...
“What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people.” - 1976 #FWakeY1976 #FWakeYear1976
99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-...
The ELIZA Effect - 99% Invisible
Throughout Joseph Weizenbaum’s life, he liked to tell this story about a computer program he’d created back in the 1960s as a professor at MIT. It was a simple chatbot named ELIZA that could interact ...
99percentinvisible.org
November 15, 2024 at 4:56 PM
#ElizaEffect :: #SurkovWonBig #MonoMythCracked #FWakeEliza
“What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people.” - 1976 #FWakeY1976 #FWakeYear1976
99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-...
“What I had not realized is that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people.” - 1976 #FWakeY1976 #FWakeYear1976
99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-...
@jamesjdominguez @elizaeffect DIVERSITY IS CENSORSHIP
ANONYMITY IS POWER
ACCOUNTABILITY IS WEAKNESS
HARASSMENT IS LEGITIMATE CRITICISM
ANONYMITY IS POWER
ACCOUNTABILITY IS WEAKNESS
HARASSMENT IS LEGITIMATE CRITICISM
November 9, 2024 at 7:59 PM
@jamesjdominguez @elizaeffect DIVERSITY IS CENSORSHIP
ANONYMITY IS POWER
ACCOUNTABILITY IS WEAKNESS
HARASSMENT IS LEGITIMATE CRITICISM
ANONYMITY IS POWER
ACCOUNTABILITY IS WEAKNESS
HARASSMENT IS LEGITIMATE CRITICISM
#ai #chatbot #llms #genai #anthropomorphization then sadly followed by #aipsychosis #aidelusion
Originally 1966 #elizaeffect coined by #weizenbaum who escaped nazi germany as teenager, to become #mit #compsci pioneer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect
programmed a simple psychiatrist […]
Originally 1966 #elizaeffect coined by #weizenbaum who escaped nazi germany as teenager, to become #mit #compsci pioneer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect
programmed a simple psychiatrist […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
March 14, 2026 at 4:49 PM
#ai #chatbot #llms #genai #anthropomorphization then sadly followed by #aipsychosis #aidelusion
Originally 1966 #elizaeffect coined by #weizenbaum who escaped nazi germany as teenager, to become #mit #compsci pioneer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect
programmed a simple psychiatrist […]
Originally 1966 #elizaeffect coined by #weizenbaum who escaped nazi germany as teenager, to become #mit #compsci pioneer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect
programmed a simple psychiatrist […]
Is it really an @elizaeffect cooking adventure unless the smoke alarm goes off 😬
March 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Is it really an @elizaeffect cooking adventure unless the smoke alarm goes off 😬
@elizaeffect, I'd like to introduce you to my friend @sasha_feather. She will also be at Wiscon. I'm looking forward to meeting you!
December 6, 2024 at 6:53 PM
@elizaeffect, I'd like to introduce you to my friend @sasha_feather. She will also be at Wiscon. I'm looking forward to meeting you!