Eliza, a VN about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. (Released Aug 2019, so no generative AI used)

Found it because Zachtronics, a company way more known for their puzzle games enjoyed by engineers and programmers, made it.

After abandoning her high-powered tech career and a mysterious three-year absence, Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey resurfaces working as a proxy for a virtual counseling app called Eliza. Her job consists solely of reading a script provided to her in real-time by an AI, leaving her no autonomy over what she says.

Not sure if this is a more modern-day phone app or what, but either way it is almost certainly a nod to the 1960s ELIZA chatbot.

A rare VN that doesn't look like it belongs on ani.social (in other words, doesn't have an anime artstyle).

Put the disclaimer about AI in the title and not in the body or post text to make sure people don't reflexively downvote because of the word "AI". I am anti-generative-AI, this VN is just speculating (as in wonder, think, generate ideas, not as in investing riskily) on AI as a concept. Not using AI to do art and text and music. This was done in 2019, before that was a possibility for the public at large.

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Found it because Zachtronics, a company way more known for their puzzle games enjoyed by engineers and programmers, made it.
After abandoning her high-powered tech career and a mysterious three-year absence, Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey resurfaces working as a proxy for a virtual counseling app called Eliza. Her job consists solely of reading a script provided to her in real-time by an AI, leaving her no autonomy over what she says.
Not sure if this is a more modern-day phone app or what, but either way it is almost certainly a nod to the 1960s ELIZA chatbot.
A rare VN that doesn't look like it belongs on ani.social (in other words, doesn't have an anime artstyle).
Put the disclaimer about AI in the title and not in the body or post text to make sure people don't reflexively downvote because of the word "AI". I am anti-generative-AI, this VN is just speculating (as in wonder, think, generate ideas, not as in investing riskily) on AI as a concept. Not using AI to do art and text and music. This was done in 2019, before that was a possibility for the public at large.
This looks rather familiar - not that I played it but I'm pretty sure I've seen it before. Might have to dig through my back log to see if I didn't burrow it somewhere for later. Either way, looks like an interesting find.