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David M. Berry

@berrydm.bsky.social

Professor currently researching AI, algorithms, software and the university in a digital age. Part of a research team that recently rediscovered the original Joseph Weizenbaum ELIZA source code.

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MIT Press@mitpress.bsky.social · 4d ago

@berrydm.bsky.social & @markcmarino.bsky.social, two of the authors behind "Inventing ELIZA," joined The Vergecast to explain how Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot, why he came to regret it, and what ELIZA can teach us about life in the AI age. @theverge.com

How a 1960s chatbot fooled everyone | The Vergecast

From The Vergecast, this episode takes a look back at one of the earliest chapters in the history of AI. Before Alexa and Siri, there was ELIZA. The first chatbot ever was the creation of a man named…

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@berlin-news-en.bsky.social · 3w ago

weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social ↻ strippel.bsky.social (2/2): making it possible to use Weizenbaum's chatbot in its original form on-site. There are still places available; register here: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltun...

Christian Strippel@strippel.bsky.social · 3w ago

In genau einer Woche findet am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social die Buchvorstellung von „Inventing ELIZA“ statt. Wir arbeiten gerade daran, dass Weizenbaums Chatbot vor Ort im Original genutzt werden kann. Es gibt noch freie Plätze, Anmeldung hier: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltun...

David M. Berry@berrydm.bsky.social · 4w ago

“Geopolitical constraints are helping to crystallise a new and distinct model of technology governance. The next shock will not arrive in a container ship. It will spread via the principles that surround Chinese AI technologies. The world is not prepared for what will come next.” (Financial Times)

David M. Berry@berrydm.bsky.social · 2y ago

World's first AI chatbot has finally been resurrected after decades ELIZA is famous as a rudimentary artificial intelligence and the first ever chatbot, but versions online today are actually knock-offs because the original computer code was lost – until now www.newscientist.com/article/2463...

World's first AI chatbot has finally been resurrected after decades

ELIZA is famous as a rudimentary artificial intelligence and the first ever chatbot, but versions found online today are actually knock-offs because the original computer code was lost – until now

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electronic book review@electronicbr.bsky.social · 2y ago

As our December issue is due tomorrow, you can check out some interesting articles from the last month, including an article by @berrydm.bsky.social and Mark Marino on ELIZA and Critical Code Studies 20 years after Marino's Critical Code Studies Manifesto. electronicbookreview.com/essay/readin...

Reading ELIZA: Critical Code Studies in Action

Critical Code Studies: 10 years later Almost 20 years ago, Mark Marino’s Critical Code Studies manifesto in electronic book review called for scholars to explore the extra-functional significance of ...

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David M. Berry@berrydm.bsky.social · 2y ago

TEAM ELIZA submitted the full draft of our book about the code of the world's first chatbot. Sarah Ciston, David Berry, Peggy Weil , Jeff Shrager, Arthur Schwarz, Anthony Hay, Mark Marino and Peter Millican with Foreword by Janet Murray findingeliza.org

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Nathan K. Hensley@nathankhensley.bsky.social · 2y ago

who could have predicted that the full commodification of all human endeavor would result in feelings of dysphoria and meaninglessness

Dave Vanness@djvanness.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sobering read from @chronicle.com. I've focused a lot of effort on revealing and countering the effects of running #highered like a business, mostly focusing on faculty. But the transactional university has literally demoralized our students. #edsky #academicsky www.chronicle.com/article/cust...