With evolving artificial intelligence technology , chatbots are becoming smarter and faster . Technology Magazine looks at the history of chatbot technology , from the 1960s up to the most recent developments

1966 ELIZA

The first chatbot , ELIZA , was created by MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum . It used pattern matching and substitution methodology to simulate conversation , and was intended to mimic human conversation . ELIZA could not converse with true understanding , but many early users were convinced of ELIZA ' s intelligence , despite Weizenbaum ' s insistence to the contrary .

1995 A . L . I . C . E

Inspired by ELIZA , A . L . I . C . E . was a natural language processing chatbot that engaged in a conversation with a human .

The program simulated chatting with a real person over the internet and could tell a user its age , hobbies and other fascinating facts , as well as answering the user ’ s dialogue .

1992 Dr Sbaitso

Created for MS-Dos , Dr Sbaitso was one of the earliest efforts of incorporating AI into a chatbot .

Distributed with various sound cards manufactured by Creative Technology , the program " conversed " with the user as if it were a psychologist and was designed to showcase voices the cards were able to produce .

16 December 2022