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By today’s standards, [[ELIZA]] was rudimentary, simply regurgitating whatever was typed into it, reformatted as an open-ended statement or question, thereby inviting further input.  
By today’s standards, [[ELIZA]] was rudimentary, simply regurgitating whatever was typed into it, reformatted as an open-ended statement or question, thereby inviting further input.  


Even though [[ELIZA]] was a basic “keepy uppy” machine, it proved surprisingly addictive. Weizenbaum was famously shocked how easily people were prepared to believe [[ELIZA]] “understood” them and contributed meaningfully to the interaction. When trying it out, Weizenbaum’s own secretary, who had watched him build the programme for months and knew how it worked, shooed him out of the room so she could have privacy with the machine.  
Even though [[ELIZA]] was little more than a basic “keepy uppy” machine, it proved surprisingly addictive. Weizenbaum was famously shocked how easily people were prepared to believe [[ELIZA]] “understood” them and contributed meaningfully to the interaction. When trying it out, Weizenbaum’s own secretary, who had watched him build the programme for months and knew how it worked, shooed him out of the room so she could have privacy with the machine.
 
This is, of course, how all “mind-reading” works: by asking the right kinds of question, the conjurer extracts from the subject all the information needed to create the illusion of telepathy.


This is, of course, how all “mind-reading” works: by asking the right kinds of question, the conjurer extracts from the subject all the information needed to create the illusion of telepathy.
=====LLMs as conjuring tricks=====
=====LLMs as conjuring tricks=====
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