Joseph Weizenbaum, creator of the Rogerian psychoanalysis simulator Eliza, is dead at 85. His work in AI and simulations cannot be underestimated and you and I owe him a debt of gratitude for every time we feel as if we’re “talking” to our computers. He didn’t find the ghost in the machine, but he discovered our ability, for better or worse, to project our souls into our interfaces.
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John Biggs
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March 14, 2008
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I often feel violated when someone projects their soul into my interface.
you haven’t been “trained” yet. Look up hole training in google and you’ll see what i mean.
Wow. I guess you just assume people will live forever. I was fascinated by AI when I was younger – even read some books on it. Used to love reprogramming Eliza variations in QBasic.