Chatbots are everywhere these days - your bank, your phone company, your facebook... your therapist? Well actually, they were therapists first... Rod tells Will the story!The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!Sources:https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-eliza-effect/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666827020300062http://www.jabberwacky.com/j2convbydate-N6641part2https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=4137https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23615538https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weizenbaumhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effecthttps://www.businessinsider.com.au/therapy-chatbot-depression-app-what-its-like-woebot-2018-1https://news.mit.edu/2008/obit-weizenbaum-0310See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.