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This work aims to investigate the code of ELIZA while bridging technical analysis with cultural insights.

June 13, 2026AI & SocietyOpen Access

Conversations about conversational code: on the collaborative critical code studies reading of ELIZA

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This work aims to investigate the code of ELIZA while bridging technical analysis with cultural insights.
Team of eight scholars from diverse disciplines analyzed ELIZA's source code
Conducted line-by-line reading and ported code to other languages
Consulted archival materials and interviewed contemporaries of Weizenbaum.
Discrepancies were found between Weizenbaum’s descriptions and ELIZA's actual implementation
Previously undocumented features and editor edits of canonical conversations were revealed
Insights gained illustrate the intersection of software history and cultural discussion.

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Randomized trial examines code of ELIZA exemplifying collaborative critical exploration and cultural significance.

Marino et al. (2026) studied this question.

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