Who Made ELIZA Possible?

11 Sept 2024

This paper acknowledges the key contributors in the development of ELIZA, including the significant support from MIT Archivists and research team members.

How ELIZA’s Success Revealed the Pitfalls of Machine Credibility

11 Sept 2024

ELIZA, designed to study human interaction with AI, instead became a symbol of AI misinterpretation, highlighting dangers of attributing machine intelligence.

Another Wave: A BASIC ELIZA Turns the PC Generation On to AI

10 Sept 2024

In 1977, a BASIC version of ELIZA captivated personal computer users, spreading AI curiosity during the PC explosion, while the original MAD-SLIP ELIZA faded.

The Accidental AI: How ELIZA's Lisp Adaptation Derailed Its Original Research Intent

10 Sept 2024

Explore how in an ironic twist ELIZA's Lisp adaptation overshadowed its original intent as a research platform, leading to widespread misinterpretation.

Finally, ELIZA: A Platform, Not a ChatBot!

10 Sept 2024

Discover ELIZA’s true role as a research platform for studying human-machine interaction, revealing its deeper purpose beyond being a simple chatbot.

The Threads Come Together: Interpretation, Language, Lists, Graphs, and Recursion

10 Sept 2024

Explore how recursion, lists, and graph theory relate to interpretation in AI.

Interpretation is the Core of Intelligence

10 Sept 2024

Explore how interpretation, a key aspect of cognitive science, influences both human and AI understanding.

Weizenbaum’s Gomoku and the Art of Creating an Illusion of Intelligence

10 Sept 2024

Explore Weizenbaum's 1962 paper on gomoku and how it critiques AI's potential to create an illusion of intelligence.

SLIP and Lisp: The Trailblazers of AI Programming and Symbolic Computation

10 Sept 2024

Explore the development of SLIP & Lisp and how these early AI programming languages shaped modern computing.