@parismarx Quick reaction to your first paragraph: The story of "Weizenbaums secretary" should maybe be taken with a grain of salt, or at least his interpretation of it. People have tried to track down the actual person to ask some actual questions as to why she wanted some alone time with the chatbot, and unfortunately come up empty, see: https://theconversation.com/my-search-for-the-mysterious-missing-secretary-who-shaped-chatbot-history-225602