Inventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI
Language: English
Published by The MIT Press, 2026
Series: Book 10 of 10 - Software Studies
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- Title
- Inventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI
- Author
- Ciston, Sarah
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Publication year
- 2026
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- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
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- 0262052482
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- 9780262052481
- Series
- Book 10 of 10: Software Studies
As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA’s public debut, Inventing ELIZA offers the first comprehensive critical analysis of Joseph Weizenbaum’s groundbreaking chatbot system through the lens of critical code studies. Drawing upon extensive archival research at MIT, Stanford, and UCLA, this book presents the rediscovered original source code of ELIZA alongside previously unseen scripts (missing for decades), revealing a far more sophisticated system than previously documented. Sarah Ciston, David Berry, Anthony Hay, Mark Marino, Peter Millican, Arthur Schwarz, Jeff Shrager, and Peggy Weil trace ELIZA’s development (1965–1968), reveals that Weizenbaum created a chatbot within a conversational programming environment with previously unknown innovations well ahead of its time. Through close reading of both code and paratexts, the book reconstructs ELIZA’s conceptual evolution and situates it within the historical context of early AI development.
Book website: https://findingeliza.org and elizagen.org. The website includes a faithful recreation of the first Chatbot and news about continued research.
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About the Author
David M. Berry is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Sussex. He is the author of Critical Theory and the Digital, The Philosophy of Software, and Digital Humanities.
Anthony C. Hay has a degree in Computer Science from Imperial College, London.
Mark C. Marino, Director, is Professor (Teaching) of Writing at the University of Southern California, where he directs the Humanities and Critical Code Studies Lab. He is also a 2023-24 Generative AI Fellow. His previous books include 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); GOTO 10 (MIT Press) with Nick Montfort et al., Reading Project with Jessica Pressman and Jeremy Douglass, and Critical Code Studies (MIT Press).
Peter Millican is Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at Hertford College, University of Oxford. He is also Professor in Philosophy at the National University of Singapore and Visiting Professor in Computing and Data Science at Nanyang Technological University.
Jeff Shrager is a cognitive scientist and entrepreneur with deep technical experience in both modern and classic AI. In the early 1970 he wrote a BASIC version of ELIZA that was published in Creative Computing, introducing the entire PC generation to conversational AI.
Arthur Schwarz develops and supports software algorithms and language design and development of products for public use, and is the former Chair of the Orange County IEEE Cybersecurity SIG.
Peggy Weil is a multi-disciplinary artist working in Los Angeles and teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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