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First Chatbot ELIZA Restored: 1960s AI Program Reveals Hidden Complexity

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Overview

  • ELIZA, created in 1966, was the first chatbot ever made
  • Originally ran on MIT's CTSS time-sharing system
  • Research team restored original ELIZA code and documentation
  • Provides insights into early natural language processing history
  • Analyzes ELIZA's influence on modern conversational AI

Plain English Explanation

ELIZA was a groundbreaking computer program that could have conversations with humans by mimicking a psychotherapist. Created by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT, it ran on the first computer sys...

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