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Re:The Claude Delusion by phasefactor on Monday September 21, 2026 @11:42AM (#49788741)
Professional tech Cassandra discovers ELIZA and Searle; coins a term for it. More at 10...

Seriously though, why did I just need to read that many words to get no really new content? We have known for decades that humans are predisposed to anthropomorphize chatbots, and questioning whether coherent linguistic output implies understanding (or intent) is equally old hat.

Re:The Claude Delusion by dgellow on Monday September 21, 2026 @12:08PM (#49789113)
You could have stopped reading at any point. Assuming you’re a human, you have agency