Toot me a Hello to start
#RetoComputing #Eliza #ComputerHistory
Updating my projects page <https://aartaka.me/projects.html> made me recall that I did a mostly compliant #Eliza re-implementation <https://codeberg.org/aartaka/laliza> in the past. Now I’m tempted by it again, but want to add some more features to it, like nested structures and symbol explosions. This will make it a reasonable #programming system, actually!
Eliza for the TI-99/4A

#Claude and #ChatGPT very often say stuff like „You're right on all counts.“
And it really calls back the feeling I‘ve had when using #Eliza for the first time:
„ELIZA: Please tell me what's been bothering you.
YOU: Mankind.
ELIZA: That is interesting. Please continue.
YOU: They‘re ridiculous.
ELIZA: Please go on.
YOU: What should I do?
ELIZA: Do you say what should you do for some special reason ?
YOU: Of course.
ELIZA: Tell me more about that.“