Eliza was thus designed to mimic the behavior of psychotherapy, with simple answers and redirecting questions, to be able to help users explore their own thoughts and feelings. Just type your questions and concerns and hit return. Eliza will answer you.
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Although quite rudimentary at the time and even to this day, it is still considered to be the first really important breakthrough of psychology in the fields of understanding human/machine/computer interactions.
The Eliza project would also have stimulated psychology's interest in AI technologies, such as Chabots and virtual assistants.
A bot modeled after the 1966 ELIZA chatbot. ELIZA was written at MIT by Joseph Weizenbaum between 1964 and 1966. She attempts to simulate a Rogerian psychotherapist.
This javascript version of ELIZA was originally written by Michal Wallace and significantly enhanced by George Dunlop.