The Eliza Effect
Very interesting, especially the study with the randomized counselors and the students. The fact that Eliza only answers with questions or just repetitions of what the user enters had me wondering if it was possible for Eliza to give responses that would expand the conversation or give advice. This lead me to think about smarterchild and other such chatbots and how they learn from each conversation to get better and better at emulating a human. I wonder if this can be placed into games without completely breaking gameplay? Something like a game A.I. that would slowly learn your play style and thus get more difficult as you got more used to the game. (I think flower did something like this but I’m not entirely sure.)
Hills like White Elephants
The avoidance of the actual subject of abortion was incredibly interesting and engaging to read. It directly reminded me of The Garden of Forking Paths where the character had stated the way to bring attention to the word time is to omit it.
