1965 ⟶ ELIZA: Interactive Dialogue Program

Joseph Weizenbaum (MIT) built ELIZA, an interactive program ...
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🏢 Founding of the MIT AI Lab

John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky founded the MIT AI Lab.⟶
Founding of the MIT AI Lab (1959)
Research LabEarly AIJohn McCarthyMarvin MinskyMITArtificial Intelligence
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🗣️ Danny Bobrow's Dissertation on Natural Language Understanding

Danny Bobrow's dissertation at MIT (technical report #1 from MIT's AI group, Project MAC), shows that computers can understand natural language well enough to solve Algebra word problems correctly.⟶
Danny Bobrow's Dissertation on Natural Language Understanding (1964)
Natural Language ProcessingLanguage UnderstandingDanny BobrowMITAI researchComputational Linguistics
United StatesUnited States

❓ SIR Program for Question-Answering Systems

Bertram Raphael's MIT dissertation on the SIR program demonstrates the power of a logical representation of knowledge for question-answering systems.⟶
SIR Program for Question-Answering Systems (1964)
Question AnsweringKnowledge RepresentationSIRBertram RaphaelMITLogical Representation
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💬 ELIZA: Interactive Dialogue Program

Joseph Weizenbaum (MIT) built ELIZA, an Interactive program that carries on a dialogue in English language on any topic. It was a popular toy at AI centers on the ARPANET when a version that "simulated" the dialogue of a psychotherapist was programmed.⟶
ELIZA: Interactive Dialogue Program (1965)
Natural Language ProcessingDialogue SystemsChatbotPsychotherapyMITWeizenbaumARPANETEarly AI
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🧱 Winston's ARCH Program Learns Concepts from Blocks

Patrick Winston's PhD program, ARCH, at MIT learned concepts from examples in the world of children's blocks.⟶
Winston's ARCH Program Learns Concepts from Blocks (1970)
Machine LearningConcept LearningBlocks WorldPatrick WinstonEarly AIMITKnowledge Representation
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