Season 3 · Episode 35 · Friday, December 18, 2026
Episode 5 of Season 3 · Story 35 of 116 · Topic: §3 — Love, Death, and the Chatbot
The Belgian "Eliza" Case
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The only witness to those six weeks of conversation was the machine, and it does not testify
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