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1966

Joseph Weizenbaum

ELIZA, the first chatbot

Created ELIZA, an early program that held text conversations — and later became one of AI’s most thoughtful critics.

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Key work

ELIZA — a computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine (opens in new tab)

Communications of the ACM, 1966

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Further reading

  • Computer Power and Human Reason — Joseph Weizenbaum, 1976

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