Book Talk: Inventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI
Thursday 15 October 16:00 until 17:30
亚洲情色 Campus : Sussex Digital Humanities Lab, Silverstone Building, Level 2 (Opposite SB211)
Speaker: David M. Berry
Part of the series: Sussex Digital Humanities Lab Seminars
How the original ELIZA chatbot transformed ideas about Al and society's response to them. As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA's public debut, Inventing ELIZA offers the first comprehensive critical analysis of Joseph Weizenbaum’s groundbreaking chatbot system through the lens of critical code studies.
In this talk presents the book and the main arguments for discussions with respondents, (MAH) and (IDS). Chair:
Talk will be followed by drinks and refreshments.
Everyone welcome.
This seminar is a collaboration between Sussex Digital Humanities Lab and SussexAI.
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Last updated: Thursday, 10 September 2026