ELIZA effect en · PROPN
Etymology
Coined by American social scientist and psychologist Sherry Turkle, named after ELIZA, a 1966 chatbot developed by MIT computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum. The program was named after the character Eliza Doolittle in the play Pygmalion (1913).
Meanings
- The tendency to assume that computers behave analogously to human beings.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the ELIZA effect | canonical | lexicographic | |
| ELIZA Effect | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Eliza effect | alternative | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
wikipedia: Joseph Weizenbaum · wikipedia: ELIZA · wikipedia: Eliza Doolittle · wikipedia: Pygmalion (play)