Even "AI" programs that appear to be learning and thinking may turn out to be using far simpler techniques. An example was the ELIZA psychiatrist program, which some people took seriously ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA ) even after the author told them how (simply) it worked.

The term "ELIZA effect" is now used to describe this phenomenon
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect ).

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