SHRDLU
Updated: 10/17/2017 by Computer Hope
SHRDLU is a historically significant piece of software written in 1968-70 by Terry Winograd at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. It uses AI (artificial intelligence) to interpret the natural language of a human user, who issues commands to manipulate a virtual world.
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The name "SHRDLU" comes from "ETAOIN SHRDLU," which are the letter keys on a Linotype machine. These letters are arranged in descending order of the times they are used in the English language.