AWhat changed
A working conversational interface architecture was publicly specified.
Scientific scope
Exact sole-author CACM paper; DOCTOR script details, later chatbots and language models separate.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1966 Communications of the ACM paper. The DOCTOR script, later chatbots, claims of language understanding and modern language models remain separate.
Contributors
- Joseph Weizenbaum · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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