ELIZA

Eliza (Weizenbaum 1966) is the first chatterbot -- a computer program that mimics human conversation. In only about 200 lines of computer code, Eliza models the behavior of a psychiatrist (or, more specifically, the "active listening" strategies of a touchy-feely 1960s Rogerian therapist).

(Source: Dennis G. Jerz's site)

Critical writing that references this work:

Title	Author	Year
Techno-historical Limits of the Interface: The Performance of Interactive Narrative Experiences	Andrew Hutchison	2009
Theory and technology for computational narrative: an approach to generative and interactive narrative with bases in algebraic semiotics and cognitive linguistics	D. Fox Harrell	2007
Travels in Cybertextuality. The Challenge of Ergodic Literature and Ludology to Literary Theory	Markku Eskelinen	2009
What is the Point of Compulit?	Marie-Laure Ryan	1998
Writing Coastlines: Locating Narrative Resonance in Transatlantic Communications Networks	J. R. Carpenter	2015

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