Back in 1966, Joseph Weizenbaum coded
Eliza -
an NLP chatbot for human-machine communication. afaik chatbots haven’t evolved “
in a hugely significant” way since then. This is a wonderful story:
The Genealogy of Eliza
I succesfully survived the scorching hot London weather and the England win “
celebrations”… Right! Here’s a great long read on survival and technology:
Survival of the Richest