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ELIZA is an early natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966[1] at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory by Joseph Weizenbaum.[2]

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

Created to demonstrate the superficiality of communication between humans and machines, Eliza simulated conversation by using a ‘pattern matching’ and substitution methodology that gave users an illusion of understanding on the part of the program, but had no built in framework for contextualizing events.[3] Directives on how to interact were provided by ‘scripts’, written originally in MAD-Slip, which allowed ELIZA to process user inputs and engage in discourse following the rules and directions of the script. The most famous script, DOCTOR, simulated a Rogerian psychotherapist and used rules, dictated in the script, to respond with non-directional questions to user inputs. As such, ELIZA was one of the first chatterbots and one of the first programs capable of attempting the Turing Test.
ELIZA creator, Weizenbaum regarded the program as a method to show the superficiality of communication between man and machine, but was surprised by the number of individuals who attributed human-like feelings to the computer program, including Weizenbaum’s secretary.[2] Many academics believed that the program would be able to positively influence the lives of many people, particularly those suffering from psychological issues and that it could aid doctors working on such patients’ treatment.[2][4] While ELIZA was capable of engaging in discourse, ELIZA could not converse with true understanding.[5] However, many early users were convinced of ELIZA’s intelligence and understanding, despite Weizenbaum’s insistence to the contrary.

Talking Eliza written by Matthew Reed
Cover of the instruction manual for Eliza
Eliza (catalog number 26-1908), also known as Talking Eliza, was a TRS‑80 Model I and Model III implementation of Dr. Joseph Weizenbaum’s famous ELIZA program. It was introduced by Radio Shack in 1979 for a price of $14.95. Eliza was written by Robert A. Arnstein and was licensed to Radio Shack through his company, Device Oriented Games. One unusual feature of the program was its ability to speak its responses using Radio Shack’s TRS‑80 Voice Synthesizer, hence the name Talking Eliza.

New Yorkers defeat Bezos richest man in the world, Amazon’s corporate greed, and worker exploitation.

Jeff Bezos  DOES NOT NEED the $3 billion tax break proposed by the city of NY.

Amazon’s chief Jeff Bezos’ net worth surpassed $150 billion.

Jeff Bezos  DOES NOT NEED to generate another $10 billion in revenue over 20 years.

New York  needs  their 3 billion to repair their own infrastructure,  improving the city’s crumbling subway system and investing in local communities.

Having Amazon in NY would displace folks from being able to afford living in the neighborhoods they are in now.

SHUT UP ABOUT PHILANTHROPY

Bezos Day One Fund, a $2 billion pledge to help homeless families and create Montessori-inspired preschools in the U.S.

Bezos whose company would be responsible for homelessness gets to have 504c3 tax write off on the very problem he causes !!!

Rent hikes and local displacement – as seen around the tech firm’s headquarters in Seattle – as grounds for why the NY city should reject the proposal.

Amazon would pay $0 in taxes on $11+ billion in profit.
$0 for schools
$0 for firefighters
$0 for infrastructure
$0 for research and healthcare

$0 in federal income taxes yet made a whopping $11 billion in profit

Bravo NY get rid of the  Amazon Welfare Queen Corporation that contributes nothing get tax break welfare from the state.