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Definition Eliza effect in British English

Eliza effect noun

noun
1

the idea that a piece of software that deals fluently with words must know what they mean

Example

For decades, sophisticated people--even some artificial-intelligence researchers--have fallen for the Eliza effect.

Definition Eliza effect in British English