Try a clean browser-based ELIZA emulator and learn how this classic 1966 chatbot used pattern matching to create a persuasive conversation.

A natural language conversation bot in JavaScript after a program described by Joseph Weizenbaum in January 1966.

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Let’s dive into the fascinating story of ELIZA, the world’s first chatbot, and explore why it remains relevant today. What is ELIZA? ELIZA was one of the first computer programs designed to process …

The project features Joseph Weizenbaum's famous ELIZA program, which demoed the thrills of a natural language conversation with a computer for the very first time. Joseph Weizenbaum …

Oct 8, 2025 · ELIZA (1966): The First Chatbot in History That Fooled Everyone In 1966, before the internet, before personal computers, and decades before Siri or ChatGPT, a simple computer …

Eliza is a simple chatbot written in Ink based on the original ELIZA from MIT AI lab.

A Critical Code Studies reading of ELIZA, Joseph Weizenbaum’s 1966 chatbot, built on the original source recovered from the MIT archive.

19 hours ago · I’m talking to ELIZA, the first chatbot ever created. In 1966 at MIT, a scientist sought to make “natural language conversation with a computer possible” and created ELIZA.

Dec 3, 2025 · This 1960s Chatbot Was a Precursor to AI. Its Maker Grew to Fear It. The world’s first chatbot deeply unsettled its creator.