Meet the creator of the world's first chatbot ELIZA, who warned that AI can never replace humans

Long before ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and virtual assistants a simple computer program created in an MIT laboratory captivated ...

Computer scientist who created world's first chatbot in the 1960s spent his whole life warning that AI should never replace humans, and the reason will shock you

Joseph Weizenbaum set out to prove that computers could imitate conversation. Instead, his experiment convinced him that ...
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The Inca May Have Invented the World’s First Computer System—600 Years Ago

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Inca quipu was a complex ...
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World's first electronic computer born at University of Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a piece of Philadelphia history that powered the future. The world's first electronic computer was born at the University of Pennsylvania. It was a room-sized machine built ...