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The original paper by Weizenbaum is a blast to read. The sample interaction with ELIZA is genuinely humorous. He also makes a number of observations that sound
by syndicatedjelly 2y ago
The original paper by Weizenbaum is a blast to read. The sample interaction with ELIZA is genuinely humorous. He also makes a number of observations that sound like precursors to societal issues today, such as how humans may perceive human-like machines, and whether it matters if humans can even recognize the non-humans among us.
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/365153.365168 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/365153.365168
- 8bitsrule 2y agoCertainly one of the first algos to demonstrate that humans are quite accepting of a hint of machine intelligence that is laughably far from what they are projecting upon it. Much like politics and advertising in that way.
- syndicatedjelly 2y agoWeizenbaum was certainly cynical of and horrified by people’s willingness to accept these machines so easily. But this paper didn’t express those concerns directly, but felt rather hopeful and forward-looking. Yes, look how ridiculous this sample interaction is. But the fact that we all agree that this is ridiculous, means we can all agree to move forward together, with a common understanding of what “better” is. I am not sure if I agree with this sentiment (the way forward in computing has arguably never been entirely clear), but I still am excited for the future