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I really hope the bit about "free machine-powered psychologists" is satire, but given YC's unironic techno utopianism fear that it is not. Reading "Computer Po

by jbarham 10y ago

I really hope the bit about "free machine-powered psychologists" is satire, but given YC's unironic techno utopianism fear that it is not. Reading "Computer Power and Human Reason" by Joseph Weizenbaum (published over 40 years ago!) should remind people that attempting to build a "machine-powered psychologist", even if it's something that can be done, is not something that should be done.

jacquesm 10y ago
Even if you say it isn't people will still interpret it as they wish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA Was against the creators insistence taken as the real deal.
arikr 10y ago
Why? Can you explain for those that haven't read the book