🤖 Long before computers became commonplace, people were fascinated by the idea of machines that could think, talk, and act on their own.
From ELIZA to Little Computer People, early software used clever coding to create the illusion of intelligence, personality, and autonomy.
Our new Vintage Artificial Intelligence collection brings together emulated software from the 1970s–90s that explored what it might be like to have machines that think.
🔎 Explore the collection: https://blog.archive.org/2026/08/16/vintage-artificial-intelligence-before-it-got-awkward/
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