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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.
