How the first #chatbot predicted the #dangers of #AI more than 50 years ago. From #ELIZA onwards, humans love their #digital #reflections.In 1966, #MIT computer scientist Joseph #Weizenbaum released ELIZA the first program that allowed some kind of plausible conversation between humans and machines. The process was simple: Modeled after the #Rogerian style of #psychotherapy, ELIZA would rephrase whatever speech input it was given in the form of a question. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23617185/ai-chatbots-eliza-chatgpt-bing-sydney-artificial-intelligence-history

Among many of the things #InterpersonalNeurobiology has helped me understand is how #Rogerian core conditions operate through the mechanism of "safety" helping us enter and model the ventral vagal state essential for both communication and a disconfirming, healing interpersonal experience.