This is an Inform adaptation of the classic pseudo-AI program Eliza. It simulates a (rather poor) psychotherapist, providing vaguely reasonable answers to full-sentence inquiries by looking for specific keywords in the user's input. An interesting exercise in translating BASIC into Inform, but you really can't expect much sophistication from a 200-line BASIC program to begin with.

Rating: Not rated

Reviewed by R. Serena Wakefield (23 Jul 2000)

eliza.zip (12.02 KB)

Z-code 5 executable, MS-DOS executable, Inform source code, sample transcript