Chatbots are everywhere these days - your bank, your phone company, your facebook... your therapist? Well actually, they were therapists first...

Rod tells Will the story!

The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

Sources:

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-eliza-effect/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666827020300062

http://www.jabberwacky.com/j2convbydate-N6641part2

https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=4137

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23615538

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/therapy-chatbot-depression-app-what-its-like-woebot-2018-1

https://news.mit.edu/2008/obit-weizenbaum-0310

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