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ELIZA chatbot

Recorded year1966

Joseph Weizenbaum's program converses in plain English using pattern matching.

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Built on

TransistorRecorded · 1947requires
Turing test proposedRecorded · 1950enables
Artificial intelligence namedRecorded · 1956enables

Led to

AI friend appsRecorded · 2017enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.