ELIZA Reanimated: World's First Chatbot Restored
2025-01-18

Researchers have successfully resurrected ELIZA, widely considered the world's first chatbot, on a restored CTSS—the world's first time-sharing system (emulated on an IBM 7094). Using original printouts, MAD-SLIP code, and supporting documents found in Prof. Weizenbaum's archives at MIT, they recreated ELIZA and its famous DOCTOR script. The entire project is open-source, allowing anyone with a Unix-like OS to run the groundbreaking chatbot.
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