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> The first thing most of us do when we wake up is roll over, grab our phone, and look at some software The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as
by musage 9y ago
> The first thing most of us do when we wake up is roll over, grab our phone, and look at some software
The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.
-- Konrad Zuse
I recall Joseph Weizenbaum mentioning something like that in an interview before his death, too, about the difference between using technology to empower people, or to exploit them.
But hey, Wikipedia so what do they know... ask the mediocre for permission to learn from the great at your own peril, that's my motto.
- panic 9y agoJoseph Weizenbaum's book, Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment To Calculation (https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Power-Human-Reason-Calculation/dp/0716704633 https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Power-Human-Reason-Calculati...) is worth a read. Weizenbaum had written ELIZA, the original "chatbot", a decade earlier (in 1966), and was worried by how much people imputed "thought" to its simple programming. The book addresses this same topic: to what extent is computer "thought" like human "thought", and what are the dangers of equating these concepts? Like any book about AI written in the 70's, there are some things that are obviously out of date or wrong, but overall it holds up quite well. There's also a section on "compulsive programmers" that may cause some self-reflection among this crowd: https://www.sac.edu/AcademicProgs/Business/ComputerScience/Pages/Hester_James/HACKER.htm https://www.sac.edu/AcademicProgs/Business/ComputerScience/P...