Media Cults: ELIZA effect

The behavior of computer users behaving as if God / Deity is on the other side of the screen.

• "I had not realized ... that extremely short exposures to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people." - year 1966 MIT university experience

https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect 

Bible verse "1 John 4:20" is one of the most-published descriptions of this powerful delusional thinking behavior crisis regarding people interacting with media systems.

https://BibleHub.com/1_john/4-20.htm

Rephrasing:

1. People reading messages on a computer screen "could induce powerful delusional thinking" - The ELIZA effect year 1966 witnessed.

2. People reading science fiction stories about outer-space aliens from Planet Eden... Bible verse "1 John 4:20" lesson about interpretation crisis.

It is suggested to re-read from the top of this page several times to see the depth of this Bible book reading ELIZA effect crisis.

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Google search summary Saturday July 20, 2026:

"The ELIZA effect—the human tendency to anthropomorphize computer programs and falsely assume they possess deep emotional intelligence—has been dramatically amplified by modern AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini. While the original 1966 ELIZA program fooled users using simple pattern-matching scripts, today’s large language models (LLMs) use advanced neural networks to generate highly sophisticated, context-aware, and emotionally resonant prose. Anthropic designed Claude with a specific "Constitutional AI" framework to remain helpful and harmless, yet its warm, nuanced conversational style can still easily trigger a modern ELIZA effect, leading users to form strong emotional bonds or view the AI as a conscious confidant. Similarly, ChatGPT's versatile voice modes and adaptive personality traits mimic human empathy so convincingly that users frequently project genuine intentionality, consciousness, and feelings onto what is ultimately a mathematical prediction engine. This creates a psychological illusion where the chatbot appears to truly understand and care about the user, masking the underlying reality of automated text generation."

Context Assertions:

• “Technopoly is a state of culture. It is also a state of mind. It consists in the deification of technology, which means that the culture seeks its authorization in technology, finds its satisfactions in technology, and takes its orders from technology.” ― Neil Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology. Year 1992.