The Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity, or ALICE, which generates scripts
for chatterbots, has been around for decades.
They trace their origins to the Turing test in the 1950s and the creation in 1964 of the
first chatterbot program, ELIZA.
Chatbots (short
for chatterbots) represent a real - time solution to engaging potential customers in meaningful conversation.
Apparently this technology has existed for a while on the Net, known as «
chatterbots,» but it seems Active Buddy's improvements to the technology has pushed them to legitimacy.
These chatterbots pretend to be a person and are generally good at emulating human interactions.
Some people fall for
these chatterbots, not realizing that they are malicious programs that attempt to obtain personal information and even credit card numbers from unsuspecting victims.
Today's «
chatterbots» are based on the same technology and are consistently mistaken for humans in web chats.