Joseph Weizenbaum wrote in 1976 that brief exposure to ELIZA could induce powerful delusional thinking in otherwise normal people.

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 7: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Juvenile Delinquency - Root

"Joseph Weizenbaum wrote in 1976 that brief exposure to ELIZA could induce powerful delusional thinking in otherwise normal people."

The Weizenbaum line is real and correctly tied to his reaction to people projecting understanding onto ELIZA - it supports the pushback against inflated claims about machine intelligence.

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Source title Why the Computer Scientist Behind the World’s First Chatbot Dedicated His Life to Publicizing the Threat Posed by A.I.

Source authors Francine Uenuma

Source year 2026

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