Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation

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Joseph Weizenbaum explores the growing divide between human wisdom and machine logic in this classic critique of artificial intelligence. As the creator of ELIZA, one of the first natural language programs, Weizenbaum draws on his firsthand experience to warn against the tendency to view the human mind as merely a biological computer. He argues that while machines excel at calculation, they lack …

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