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Joseph Weizenbaum

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    …in 1966 by computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum. The program, named Eliza, was capable of simulating conversation with a computer user. By using an electric typewriter connected to a mainframe, a user could type in a conversational phrase, which Eliza would then review using a pattern-recognition algorithm. The algorithm compared the…

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    …in 1966 by computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum. The program, named Eliza, was capable of simulating conversation with a computer user. By using an electric typewriter connected to a mainframe, a user could type in a conversational phrase, which Eliza would then review using a pattern-recognition algorithm. The algorithm compared the…

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