Eliza © 1966 Weizenbaum, Joseph.
The first game that simulated computer artificial intelligence. It presented itself as a conversation between a patient (the player)and the psychotherapist (Eliza).
Weizenbaum named his program ELIZA after Eliza Doolittle, a working-class character in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. According to Weizenbaum, ELIZA's ability to be incrementally improved by various users made it similar to Eliza Doolittle, since Eliza Doolittle was taught to speak with an upper-class accent in Shaw's play. However, unlike in Shaw's play, ELIZA is incapable of learning new patterns of speech or new words through interaction alone. Edits must be made directly to ELIZA’s active script in order to change the manner by which the program operates.
Written by: Joseph Weizenbaum
* Computers:
TRS-80 (1978)
Apple II (1978) as "Dr. Apple: Eliza"
Atari 800 (1979)
Commodore PET (1979)
Heath/Zenith H8 (1981)
Commodore 64 (1983)
Amiga (1990) as MyEliza
* Others:
CP/M (1981)
DOS (1988)
Browser (2005)
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