The author provides a detailed explanation of how to recreate Eliza using Go code, including the creation of a basic chatbot interface, the introduction of stop words, and the enhancement of Eliza’s conversational skills through a knowledge base. The author concludes by stating that while Eliza is not an AI, its success and the perception of it being human-like demonstrate the potential of machine intelligence.
Key takeaways:
- The concept of non-human intelligence has been a fascination since ancient times and the term “machine intelligence” was coined in the 1950s.
- The Turing test suggests that AI can be considered genuinely intelligent if a human can’t tell whether they’re interacting with another human or a machine.
- Eliza, created in 1966, was one of the first computer programs that successfully passed the Turing test by emulating the speech patterns of a psychotherapist.
- Eliza's intelligence was simulated by using a knowledge base of keywords and transformation rules, synonyms, and memorisation of previous replies.