fas1@aluxe.UUCP (PATEL) (01/21/86)
*from Stephen Wong , AL bell labs. Does anyone know about two AI software packages callled Elisa and Mom ? I am interested to obtain the information of their applications and vendors. Please post the news to newsgroup net.ai or net.cse, or mail information to my location. 9333 s. john young parkway, orlando, fl 32819, stephen
friesen@psivax.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) (01/23/86)
In article <842@aluxe.UUCP> fas1@aluxe.UUCP (PATEL) writes: >*from Stephen Wong , AL bell labs. >Does anyone know about two AI software packages callled Elisa and Mom ? >I am interested to obtain the information of their applications and vendors. > I don't know about Mom, but Eliza is a well known program. I would hesitate to call it AI though. It is more of an *early* experiment in natural language parsing. It purports to be an on-line psycho-analyst. It "listens"(via the terminal) to English input and attempts to derive typical, meaningful responses of the sort a real analyst would produce. It exists in many versions from many sources, in fact it is essentially public domain. Many UNIX systems have a version in /usr/games called 'doctor', why not check and see if it is there. BTW it can be confused quite easily, and is generally quite predictable. Thus its inclusion among the games on UNIX, it is really nothing more than an exhibition piece, of no real value. -- Sarima (Stanley Friesen) UUCP: {ttidca|ihnp4|sdcrdcf|quad1|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!friesen ARPA: ttidca!psivax!friesen@rand-unix.arpa