1960s AI Program ELIZA Restored: Uncovering Early Chatbot Complexity
ELIZA, 1st chatbot (1966), restored & analyzed: insights into early natural language processing history & influence on modern conversational AI. A groundbreaking program that mimicked a psychotherapist.
This is a Plain English Papers summary of a research paper called First Chatbot ELIZA Restored: 1960s AI Program Reveals Hidden Complexity. If you like these kinds of analysis, you should join AImodels.fyi or follow us on Twitter. 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 c...