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Me: Joseph Weizenbaum died.
Eliza: Please go on.
Me: Well, he was very nearly the inventor of AI - wrote your progenitor, the first Eliza - and then he became one of the harshest critics of it. It's odd thinking of his life, given the contradiction.
Eliza: What about your own progenitor the first eliza and then he became one of the harshest critics of it its odd thinking of his life given the contradiction?
Me: Well, in a way you have a point - it does parallel the Eden story.
Eliza: Oh, i have a point it does parallel the eden story.
Me: Sure, except I don't believe the Eden story.
Eliza: Why do you not believe the eden story?
Me: Does it matter?
Eliza: Please go on.
Me: Anyway, the disquieting thing about Dr. Weizenbaum's life is that I fear he may be right about AI - the potential for harm, I mean.
Eliza: Can you elaborate on that?
Me: Well, if he invented it, then doesn't that mean his opinion means more?
Eliza: Do you wish that he invented it then doesnt that mean his opinion means more?
Me: Of course.
Eliza: Please go on.
Me: What more is there to say?
Eliza: Does that question interest you?
Me: No, not really.
Eliza: You are being a bit negative.
Me: That's true - I guess the best thing is to hear and acknowledge his life, and then move on from there.
Eliza: Can you elaborate on that?
Me: Well, just because he's respected (and deservedly so) doesn't mean he's right or wrong - just that we must listen.
Other obituaries: MIT News Office, Boston Globe, Washington Post, L.A. Times. ELIZA via http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza-cgi-bin/eliza_script - text not edited.
Eliza: Please go on.
Me: Well, he was very nearly the inventor of AI - wrote your progenitor, the first Eliza - and then he became one of the harshest critics of it. It's odd thinking of his life, given the contradiction.
Eliza: What about your own progenitor the first eliza and then he became one of the harshest critics of it its odd thinking of his life given the contradiction?
Me: Well, in a way you have a point - it does parallel the Eden story.
Eliza: Oh, i have a point it does parallel the eden story.
Me: Sure, except I don't believe the Eden story.
Eliza: Why do you not believe the eden story?
Me: Does it matter?
Eliza: Please go on.
Me: Anyway, the disquieting thing about Dr. Weizenbaum's life is that I fear he may be right about AI - the potential for harm, I mean.
Eliza: Can you elaborate on that?
Me: Well, if he invented it, then doesn't that mean his opinion means more?
Eliza: Do you wish that he invented it then doesnt that mean his opinion means more?
Me: Of course.
Eliza: Please go on.
Me: What more is there to say?
Eliza: Does that question interest you?
Me: No, not really.
Eliza: You are being a bit negative.
Me: That's true - I guess the best thing is to hear and acknowledge his life, and then move on from there.
Eliza: Can you elaborate on that?
Me: Well, just because he's respected (and deservedly so) doesn't mean he's right or wrong - just that we must listen.
Other obituaries: MIT News Office, Boston Globe, Washington Post, L.A. Times. ELIZA via http://www-ai.ijs.si/eliza-cgi-bin/eliza_script - text not edited.
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M-x doctor
Why do you say may you ask me a question?
I want to know if you were aware that Joseph Weizenbaum died.
What makes you believe you might want to know if i?
Because I thought your reaction might be interesting.
Is it because you thought my reaction might be interesting that you
came to me?
Well, yes.
Earlier you said you would like to know if i?
... If you knew he had died.
This is not a healthy way of thinking.
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