[ExI] FW: "Intelligent" computers put to the test

[spike]

From: spike [mailto:spike66 at att.net] 
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> >Wow...Ultra HAL is less convincing than Eliza.
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> -Dave

>Ja, that's what I thought too Dave.  Eliza is what, well over thirty years
old now? ...spike

Nope.  Over forty years old now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA

How many here ever had a heart to microprocessor talk with Eliza?  Come on
now, don't be shy.  I did.  I told her things I would never feel comfortable
telling a human.

spike