read the description of the Eliza program at the bottom of this question. Is it ethical to make people think they are talking to another person when they are not? Does it make a difference if they find the program to be helpful? Would you mind if a Help facility for some software you were using was a machine instead of a person? Have you ever been embarrassed when you thought you were talking to a person but later found out you were not? (For example, have you ever started to respond on the phone only to realize you were listening to an answering machine?)

import javax.swing.*;
public class Eliza
{
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
      String user;
      String msg = "";
      String msg1 = "Tell me more about your ";
      String msg2 = "You seem to have strong feelings about that";
      String msg3 = "Please go on";
      String msg4 = "Tell me more";
      String msg5 = "Continue";
      int random;
      int length;
      int x, y;
      int stopWord;
      final String END = "Goodbye";
      boolean foundMy = false, foundLove = false, foundHate = false;
      user = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
       "Hello. I am Eliza, your tharapist. Tell me what" +
       "\nis troubling you. Any time you want to quit," +
       "\njust type \"Goodbye\"");
      while(!user.equalsIgnoreCase(END))
      {
        user = user.toLowerCase();
        length = user.length();
        foundMy = false;
        for(x = 0; x < length - 3; ++x) // If "my" is at end of sentence, no need to go further
        {
          if(user.charAt(x) == 'm')
          {
            if(user.charAt(x + 1) == 'y')
              if(user.charAt(x + 2) == ' ')
                if(x >= 1)
          {
                  if(user.charAt(x - 1) == ' ')
                       foundMy = true;
          }
          else
            foundMy = true;
      }
      if(foundMy)
      {
         stopWord = length;
         for(y = x + 3; y < length; ++y)
         {
             if(user.charAt(y) == ' ' || user.charAt(y) == '.' || user.charAt(y) == ',')
                   stopWord = y;
         }
         msg = msg1 + user.substring(x + 3, stopWord);
         x = length;  // do not look for possible second "my"
         }
      }
      if(!foundMy)
      {
         foundLove = false;
         for(x = 0; x < length - 5; ++x)
         {
           if(user.charAt(x) == 'l')
           {
             if(user.charAt(x + 1) == 'o')
              if(user.charAt(x + 2) == 'v')
               if(user.charAt(x + 3) == 'e')
                if(user.charAt(x + 4) == ' ')
                 if(x >= 1)
                 {
                   if(user.charAt(x - 1) == ' ')
                     foundLove = true;
                  }
                  else
                     foundLove = true;
             }
             if(foundLove)
             {
               msg = msg2;
               x = length;  // do not look for possible second "love"
             }
         }
     }
     if(!foundLove && !foundMy)
     {
        foundHate = false;
         for(x = 0; x < length - 5; ++x)
         {
           if(user.charAt(x) == 'h')
           {
            if(user.charAt(x + 1) == 'a')
             if(user.charAt(x + 2) == 't')
              if(user.charAt(x + 3) == 'e')
               if(user.charAt(x + 4) == ' ')
                if(x >= 1)
                {
                 if(user.charAt(x - 1) == ' ')
                   foundHate = true;
                 }
                 else
                   foundHate = true;
         }
         if(foundHate)
         {
           msg = msg2;
           x = length;  // do not look for possible second "hate"
          }
      }
  }
   if(!foundHate && !foundLove && !foundMy)
  {
        random = (int) (Math.random() * 100) % 3;
        if(random == 0)
           msg = msg3;
        else
           if(random == 1)
              msg = msg4;
            else
               msg = msg5;

       }                     
       user = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, msg);              

      }
    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, END);
  }
}

Learning Journal entry 

Use the following questions as guides to self-reflection during this week:

• Briefly describe what programming you did this week.
• Describe any problems you have had and how you solved your problems.
• What skills and knowledge do you recognize that you are gaining, and how will these skills and knowledge be useful in school and as a professional after school?