Wizenbaum (1966)

works pattern-action rules by rephrasing user’s questions

“You hate me” => “what makes you think I hate you”

Rogerian psycotherapy: assume no real-world knowledge; simply draws out patient’s statements

I need X => what would it mean to you if you got X.

uses regex

capture specific adjectives, “all”, “always”, etc. and responds accordingly

Eliza Rules

patterns are organized by keywords: a keyword has a pattern and a list of transforms:

A civil rights movement organizer that founded SNICK.

Hello

stuff

late night