How fascinating. Back in the distant year of 1966, which is 57 years ago, when a typical computer looked like a small cupboard, Joseph Weizenbaum wrote the first chatbot “Eliza”. The program was named after Eliza Doolittle, a character from the play “Pygmalion” by Bernard Shaw, who was taught the language of “Shakespeare, Milton, and the Bible”. Eliza simply highlighted significant words in the input phrase, which were then inserted into a template phrase. The “parody” of a person could be revealed either immediately or after several dialogues, depending on how the user conducted the conversation. Sometimes, there were amusing situations where an enthusiastic user, after a few minutes, would realize the machine’s lack of understanding of the question’s essence. Lacking options for a response, Eliza would usually reply with “I see” and shift the conversation to another topic.
The original source code of ELIZA has been missing since its creation in the 1960s, as it was not customary at the time to publish articles that included source code. However, a couple of years ago, the source code in MAD-SLIP for CTSS was found in the archives of MIT and is now available for viewing. Google “elizagen”.
Screenshot – my conversation with Eliza 😉 I’ll attach the link in the comments
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 