My Conversation With ELIZA
I vaguely recall first trying some version of ELIZA back in the 1990s. I never found it all that impressive nor understood its stature in the AI literature. It’s better than a bunch of if/then statements but not by much. There’s some natural language grammar parsing that is somewhat interesting, but I never thought it came close to passing the Turing Test, and I was always skeptical of claims that people got deeply involved with it as a virtual therapist/counselor. I just tried it again, via The ELIZA Archeology Team’s web-based re-creation. Here’s my transcript:
HOW DO YOU DO. PLEASE TELL ME YOUR PROBLEM
I don’t really have a problem.
DON’T YOU REALLY REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM
