Good Bot, Bad Bot | Part I: Bot Therapy

Endless Thread

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Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:06.1	Season 8 of Command Line Heroes covers the robots that are in our midst and the determined
0:11.1	dreamers who bring them to life.
0:13.0	8 episodes compare the promise of science fiction to the reality of robots today.
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0:54.0	I am back at college for the fall semester, or at least for today, trying to figure
0:59.4	out where I'm going in order to meet a professor during office hours.
1:03.9	Hey, can you tell me, is this the new computer science building?
1:08.5	Do you know?
1:09.5	Yes, it's this building, like this one that you're looking at right here.
1:12.4	I wouldn't have pegged you for an office hour student, Ben, I gotta say.
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