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ELIZA

Era: Birth of AI · 1950s–1970s

Joseph Weizenbaum created ELIZA at MIT, one of the earliest chatbots. ELIZA simulated a psychotherapist’s conversation through pattern matching, sparking deep reflection on human-computer interaction.

Joseph Weizenbaum (1923–2008)

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  1. ELIZA—A Computer Program for the Study of Natural Language Communication Between Man and Machine

    Communications of the ACM · Source type: paper

    Weizenbaum’s paper documents ELIZA and its dialogue scripts.

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