Tom Holloway's Play Eliza Brings the Birth of Artificial Intelligence to the Stage
Staged by the Melbourne Theatre Company, the play Eliza explores the foundations of artificial intelligence through Joseph Weizenbaum's groundbreaking 1966 program.
Penned by Australian playwright Tom Holloway, the new theatrical play Eliza focuses on the birth of artificial intelligence and the historic program developed in 1966 by MIT computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum.
A Journey to the Roots of Artificial Intelligence
The challenges of writing plays about current affairs are being addressed through evolving dynamics accompanying the staging process of the work.
Joseph Weizenbaum and Work at MIT
In 1966 at MIT, Weizenbaum is working alongside his colleague Ron and secretary Becky on a programming language that could be considered the first step of artificial intelligence.
The Unexpected Impact of the Psychoanalysis Program
The written program aims to refute Alan Turing's theory that machines can think by imitating the language of psychoanalysis, but his colleagues get caught up in the program's effect.