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ELIZA effect visualised through a retro-futuristic split-screen illustration comparing a 1966 MIT office with a woman at a vintage computer and a 2025 person using a modern smartphone chatbot, connected by a stream of evolving data.

The ELIZA Effect: Why We’re Still Falling for Chatbots 60 Years Later

8 November 2025 Talia Wainwright 0

Examining why we continue to be enchanted by chatbots like ELIZA, attributing them with emotional capacities they don’t possess, despite knowing their mechanical nature.