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
Continuous Paper	Nick Montfort	2004
Computer Power and Human Reason	Joseph Weizenbaum	1991
Command Lines: Aesthetics and Technique in Interactive Fiction and New Media	Jeremy Douglass	2007
An Emerging Canon? A Preliminary Analysis of All References to Creative Works in Critical Writing Documented in the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base	Scott Rettberg	2013
A Ciberliteratura: Criação Literária e Computador	Pedro Barbosa	1996

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