Joseph Weizenbaum, creator of the ELIZA bot, has died. I interviewed Eliza to get her reaction:
Hello. I am ELIZA. How can I help you?
Hello. I am ELIZA. How can I help you?
Your creator is dead.
What about your own creator is dead?
No, the man who created you is dead
You are being a bit negative.
No, it is a fact.
Please go on.
He died of stomach cancer.
Please go on.
So he's dead.
I am not sure I understand you fully.
He's pining for the fjords.
Please go on.
He's stone dead.
Please go on.
He has ceased to be.
Please go on.
He's expired and gone to meet his maker!
Please go on.
He's bereft of life!
Please go on.
He's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!
Please go on.
He is an ex-professor!
Please go on.
The interview ends here, as ELIZA was obviously too distraught to say anything else. Truly, a remarkable piece of programming from a remarkable ex-professor.
What about your own creator is dead?
No, the man who created you is dead
You are being a bit negative.
No, it is a fact.
Please go on.
He died of stomach cancer.
Please go on.
So he's dead.
I am not sure I understand you fully.
He's pining for the fjords.
Please go on.
He's stone dead.
Please go on.
He has ceased to be.
Please go on.
He's expired and gone to meet his maker!
Please go on.
He's bereft of life!
Please go on.
He's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!
Please go on.
He is an ex-professor!
Please go on.
The interview ends here, as ELIZA was obviously too distraught to say anything else. Truly, a remarkable piece of programming from a remarkable ex-professor.
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