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this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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And of course on that theme from Melanie "Computer scientist" Mitchell
These people have definitely offloaded the cognitive load to chatbots.
Every time I hear about people using chatGPT as a therapist, I want to scream
@EponymousBosh @Amoeba_Girl So they've reinvented ELIZA, but poorly?
An ELIZA you can date. How is that poorly.
On an unrelated note, apparently chatgpt closed down a lot of models yday. Causing a lot of distress among the 'I never heard of the ELIZA effect and I am dating a chatbot' community.
@Soyweiser It's a dumb, less competent psychiatrist. ELIZA might have been simplistic, but it was at least based on an actual psychology theory.
I was joking in the first part. No need to convince me it sucks.
@Soyweiser I'll apologize too, sarcasm doesn't always translate in text.