Meet Algorithma and be ready to get delusional ~ Jasmin Schädler (DAI, 2019) invites you to the online presentation of her piece "Algorithma - Your health and healing Algorithm", in the context of HOMEFEST, Bucharest. November 2 at 7 PM GMT+1
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Do you remember Eliza the chatbot? The least judgemental therapist ever.
Its creator Joseph Weizenbaum once wrote: “I had not realized ... that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people.” As the myth goes, his secretary asked him to leave the room so she could privately speak with Eliza. Algorithma is an updated version of Eliza. But Algorithma does not only function as a therapist but as a general health adviser with a focus on healing. Algorithma was fed with millions of health advice videos from Youtube that allows it to always propose an unexpected solution to its patients, even if they don’t ask for it. Once let loose for an advice session Algorithma becomes unstoppable and dives deep into the pool of health and healing click-baits. Meet Algorithma and be ready to get delusional.
Disclaimer: Any anthropomorphization of network based systems that might occur is purely fictional.