Rogerian Robosapien Provides Counseling over Webcam

In a tribute to Joseph Weisenbaum, Andrianne Wortzel has wired up a Robosapien to a chatbot and a webcam. The Robosapien sits in the studio and provides psychoanalysis over the Web. The project is Eliza Redux and is named after Weisenbaum’s famed Eliza.

Curious idea, though more as an art piece than a technology triumph. I connected up and was disappointed to find that the Robosapien was no longer moving and the chatbot featured the familiar Eliza quirks. Why? My Robosapien therapist replies, "Does that question interest you? You seem to be quite positively positive."