On Weizenbaum's ELIZA, the 1960s program that faked psychotherapy with pattern matching and accidentally launched decades of debate about machine intelligence.
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The Original Eliza program, created by Joseph Weizenbaum in the 1960s, was a pioneering example of natural language processing. It simulated a conversation with a psychotherapist, using pattern matching to respond to user input. The program's simplicity and effectiveness sparked discussions about the potential of AI in human-computer interaction.
Yotam, Kris. (May 2026). ELIZA. krisyotam.com. https://krisyotam.com/blog/technology/eliza
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