In 1966, Joseph Weizenbaum developed ELIZA at MIT, an early program that inspired today's chatbots

In 1966, a simple program named ELIZA surprised scientists by eliciting human-like emotional responses. Despite its basic ...

In 1950, Alan Turing introduced a test that still influences how people judge chatbots today

Over 70 years ago, Alan Turing's "imitation game" revolutionized how we assess machine intelligence, shifting focus from ...
NBC New York

Tech developers say AI chatbots can battle loneliness and depression. Experts are skeptical.

Millions of Americans now converse with AI chatbots each day. We are talking with machines about travel plans, politics, and in some cases — our most intimate thoughts. To investigate how these ...
SFGate

Can a Machine Raise Your Consciousness?

My fascination with AI led to my recent book, Digital Dharma, and the root of my fascination has to do with the possibility that AI can raise a person’s level of awareness. Artificial intelligence ...