Joseph Weizenbaum, famed programmer, dead at 85

Weizenbaum's computer program, Eliza, foreshadowed the potential of artificial intelligence.
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Ahhh..good ole Eliza

I miss her.. Is she on the web any where in a Java Applet?

Posted by basraw (311 comments )

March 13, 2008 6:54 AM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

Yes..google is my friend: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://chayden.net/eliza/Eliza.html" target="_newWindow">http://chayden.net/eliza/Eliza.html</a>
Posted by basraw (311 comments ): March 13, 2008 6:55 AM (PDT) Like Link Flag

I memorized 1,000 lines of code of Eliza: It really is some fun bunch of code.

Here it is:
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1026298" target="_newWindow">http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1026298</a>
Posted by inachu (964 comments ): March 13, 2008 8:23 AM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

> How does that make you feel?: If you were using computers in the 60s and 70s, no doubt you spent hours marveling at the "sentient psychiatrist" Eliza.

<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.devtopics.com/eliza-programmer-dead/" target="_newWindow">http://www.devtopics.com/eliza-programmer-dead/</a>
Posted by DevTop (21 comments ): March 13, 2008 8:24 AM (PDT) Like Reply Link Flag

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