The "Wow, this algorithm that parrots back what I say to it is really thinking!" people are amusing when they think their childhood diary is talking to them, horrifying if someone cashed in by making some black-box device that purportedly "translates" for your nonspeaking autistic child.
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Gwen C. Katz
First of all, brain bleach; second of all, I am now terrified of AI being used to convince people that nonverbal people are consenting to stuff.
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https://www.thecut.com/2015/11/sad-story-of-autism-and-pseudoscience.html