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In 1976, an MIT computer science professor named Joseph Weizenbaum published a book warning against the manipulative powers of AI. Tech analyst Faine Greenwood discusses how Weizenbaum was largely ignored, leading to recent harms – even deaths – due to AI therapy chatbots.Techtonic with Mark Hurst is a weekly one-hour FM radio show on Jersey City-based WFMU, covering “our shift to a digital future.”