Inventing ELIZA - How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI

How the infamous ELIZA chatbot transformed ideas about AI and society’s response to them. As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA’s public debut, Book website: https://findingeliza.org and elizagen.org. The website includes a faithful recreation of the first Chatbot and news about continued research.

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• Authors: David M Berry, David M. Berry, Berry David M., Sarah Ciston, Anthony C Hay, Anthony C. Hay, M, Mark C. Marino, Marino Mark C., Peter Millican, Millican Peter
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 12.05.2026
• EAN: 9780262052481
• ISBN: 978-0-262-05248-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Software Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, COMPUTERS / History, Impact of science & technology on society, History of engineering & technology, Impact of science and technology on society, Information technology: general issues, Programming & scripting languages: general, Programming and scripting languages: general, History of Computing, digital and information technologies, COMPUTERS / Languages / General