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ELIZA--A Computer Program For the Study of Natural Language Communication Between Man and Machine

• When was this paper written?
  
  
  
• In the section about the MAC system, Weizenbaum states

  ""These latter parameters generally contribute so little to the overall response time that conversational interaction with the computer need never involve truly intolerable delays."

  Why do you think did Weiszenbaum felt compelled to make this argument.
  
  
  
• Eliza uses a 5 step process. Read the whole paper, and then for each step explain the role of each step in the space provided.
  1. the identification of key words,
     
     
     
     
  2. the discovery of minimal context,
     
     
     
     
  3. the choice of appropriate transformations,
     
     
     
     
  4. generation of responses in the absence of keywords,
     
     
     
     
  5. the provision of an ending capacity for ELIZA "scripts".
     
     
     
     

• Why did Weizenbaum choose a "Counseling Session" as the context of the Eliza program?
  
  
  
  

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