[TriLUG] OT: early computer program that played the role of a psychologist

[Craig Taylor]

Speaking of AI, ... Something you may also be interested in...

There was also a program that achieved a better degree of success in the
Turing Test that mimicked an individual with a personality problem
(psychotic, etc). Where most people could quickly tell Eliza was a fake,
most shrinks had a more difficult time differentiating between the computer
and the program (not sure if this says something about shrinks or the
program.. ).

Google should turn it up - if not I can possibly find the name of the
program and a book reference for you when I get home...

On 6/7/07, burnett at pobox.com <burnett at pobox.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
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> > thanks
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> I recently read some discussion on eliza in Montfort's _Twisty Little
> Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction_ (MIT Press, 2005).
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> http://www.amazon.com/Twisty-Little-Passages-Approach-Interactive/dp/0262633183/
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> badger at trilug
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