John Lennon Artificial Intelligence Project

The John Lennon Artificial Intelligence Project is a chatbot designed to simulate a conversation with John Lennon, in development since 1997. It was developed as a "Persona-Bot" by Triumph PC Online, based in Washington, D.C. Triumph PC's "Persona-Bots" are software programs that attempt to mimic the personalities or quirks of particular historical figures in conversation. The code is based on Richard Wallace's Alicebot.
The JLAI Project developed the chatbot as one of several "Persona-Bots". The Austin Chronicle described the software in 2003 as giving a "lifelike impersonation" of Lennon, but felt that it had "a way to go" before it would feel like a conversation with a real person.