The Cache Flush 012: Computer Power and Human Reason

10/05/2023 7 min
The Cache Flush 012: Computer Power and Human Reason

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Episode Synopsis

In 1964, Joseph Weizenbaum created the famous "ELIZA" program, with which a human user could hold a simulated "therapy" session. The implications of the human reactions to ELIZA and later research inspired Weizenbaum to write one of the formative cautionary reflections on ethics in artificial intelligence. Today, as ChatGPT storms the world, this book is more relevant than ever.