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Re:We mourn our craft by RunSet on Sunday February 08, 2026 @11:32AM (#46935825)
> I started programming over 40 years ago because it felt like computers were magic. They feel more magic today than ever before. We're literally living in the 1980s fantasy where you could talk to your computer and it had a personality. I can't believe it's actually happening, and I've never had more fun computing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect

I also can't believe it's actually happening. ;)

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Re:We mourn our craft by account42 on Monday February 09, 2026 @06:13AM (#46943998)
It has been interesting (and not in a good way) how willing people are to anthropomorphize these megacorporation-controlled machines just because the interface is natural language now.
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