▲ 26 ▼ 1970s AI bros (incl McCarthy) whining about the inventor of ELIZA telling them to gfy (dl.acm.org) submitted 1 year ago by dgerard@awful.systems [M] to c/techtakes@awful.systems 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago (1 child) “Pray tell mr Babbage..” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Spot on, yeah. Although as pointed out just above, this wasn't actually Weizenbaum's position. But in an era of letters to the editor, perhaps using a little rhetorical trickery to preempt a two-month-long back and forth might be excusable. It's a strawman nonetheless; but this letter is a screed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago Spot on, yeah. Although as pointed out just above, this wasn't actually Weizenbaum's position. But in an era of letters to the editor, perhaps using a little rhetorical trickery to preempt a two-month-long back and forth might be excusable. It's a strawman nonetheless; but this letter is a screed. permalink fedilink source parent