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FreeHAL was a volunteer computing project to build a self-learning chatbot. This project is no longer active.

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free software
Official website
freehal.github.io
Image
Freehal.png
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operating system
Microsoft Windows
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2012-00-00
Commons category
FreeHAL
inception
2008-00-00
language of work or name
English language
programmed in
Java
software version identifier
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FreeHAL was a volunteer computing project to build a self-learning chatbot. This project is no longer active.

Originally, the program was called JEliza referring to the chatbot ELIZA by Joseph Weizenbaum. The J stood for Java because JEliza has first been programmed in Java. In May 2008, the program has been renamed to FreeHAL because the programming language has changed. The name is related to the computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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