Question

What was the first chatbot?
Answered by GPT-4o mini
The first chatbot is generally considered to be ELIZA, which was developed by Joseph Weizenbaum at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in the mid-1960s. ELIZA was designed to simulate conversation by using pattern matching and substitution to give users the impression of understanding. One of its most famous scripts, DOCTOR, mimicked a Rogerian psychotherapist, engaging users in a conversation by rephrasing their statements as questions. While simple by today's standards, ELIZA laid the groundwork for future developments in natural language processing and conversational agents.