Contextual understanding by computers
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- 1 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM
- Vol. 10 (8), 474-480
- https://doi.org/10.1145/363534.363545
Abstract
A further development of a computer program (ELIZA) capable of conversing in natural language is discussed. The importance of context to both human and machine understanding is stressed. It is argued that the adequacy of the level of understanding achieved in a particular conversation depends on the purpose of that conversation, and that absolute understanding on the part of either humans or machines is impossible.Keywords
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- ELIZA—a computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machineCommunications of the ACM, 1966