I think it's interesting seeing your comment right above another where someone was moved to tears over how this affected them.
I'm reminded of ELIZA, an early chat bot:
> ELIZA's creator, Weizenbaum, regarded the program as a method to show the superficiality of communication between man and machine, but was surprised by the number of individuals who attributed human-like feelings to the computer program, including Weizenbaum's secretary.