Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Good Bot, Bad Bot | Part I: Bot Therapy
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Good Bot, Bad Bot | Part I: Bot Therapy
For the next few weeks, the Endless Thread team will be sharing stories all about the rise of bots. How are these pieces of software influencing our daily lives in sneaky, surprising ways?
First up, our co-hosts delve into the history of ELIZA, the world's first chatbot therapist. Why did this computer's creator have a lot of complicated feelings about the development of AI? We also contemplate the bigger question: can AI help us cope with mental health issues?
******
Credits: This episode was written and produced by Ben Brock Johnson with help from Dean Russell. Mixing and sound design by Paul Vaitkus. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts.
View all episodes
By WBUR
4.1
25802,580 ratings
For the next few weeks, the Endless Thread team will be sharing stories all about the rise of bots. How are these pieces of software influencing our daily lives in sneaky, surprising ways?
First up, our co-hosts delve into the history of ELIZA, the world's first chatbot therapist. Why did this computer's creator have a lot of complicated feelings about the development of AI? We also contemplate the bigger question: can AI help us cope with mental health issues?
******
Credits: This episode was written and produced by Ben Brock Johnson with help from Dean Russell. Mixing and sound design by Paul Vaitkus. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts.
More shows like Endless Thread
View all
On Point | Podcast
3,901 Listeners
Radiolab
43,835 Listeners
This American Life
90,826 Listeners
Snap Judgment
11,603 Listeners
99% Invisible
26,152 Listeners
Criminal
37,244 Listeners
Reply All
27,365 Listeners
Dear Sugars
5,657 Listeners
Invisibilia
21,640 Listeners
Embedded
11,900 Listeners
Heavyweight
16,420 Listeners
Twenty Thousand Hertz
3,912 Listeners
Circle Round
14,893 Listeners
This is Love
9,295 Listeners
Decoder Ring
2,064 Listeners
Last Seen
3,538 Listeners
Anything For Selena
1,354 Listeners
Unexplainable
2,143 Listeners
Search Engine
4,027 Listeners
Short Run
216 Listeners
The Common
78 Listeners
Beyond All Repair
3,145 Listeners
Hyperfixed
530 Listeners