Cyberduck – Talk with a Duck
Cyberduck is a terminal program that allows users to interact with a virtual duck. It is inspired by the work of Joseph Weizenbaum and Norbert Landsteiner on natural language communication. The program references Weizenbaum's ELIZA, a pioneering computer program from 1966.
- ▪Cyberduck is based on the work of Joseph Weizenbaum and Norbert Landsteiner.
- ▪The program allows users to communicate with a virtual duck.
- ▪It draws inspiration from the ELIZA program, which studied natural language communication.
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Talk with a Duck Open CYBERDUCK terminal $(document).ready(function() { termOpen(); }); References Cyberduck is based on work by Joseph Weizenbaum and Norbert Landsteiner. Weizenbaum, Joseph. ELIZA – A Computer Program For the Study of Natural Language Communication Between Man and Machine. Communications of the ACM, Volume 9, Issue 1, pages 36-45, January 1966. Elizabot: http://www.masswerk.at/elizabot
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