Book · 1976 · Computer programming

Computer Power and Human Reason

From Judgment to Calculation

by Joseph Weizenbaum · Recommended by 2 people on 2 podcasts

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And then the third is Joseph Weisenbaum, computer power and human reason, the book that talks about the Eliza program, yes, but he also talks about technology more in general, which is you can have, you know, if you don't just think that computers can be like people, but that people can be like machines, you, you give up your.
Sherry Turkle · The Ezra Klein Show · Oct 2026

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Even so, in a book uh Weizenbaum later authored, Computer Power and Human Reason, he wrote, "I was startled to see how quickly and how very deeply people conversing became emotionally involved with the computer and how unequivocally they anthropomorphized it.
Robert Evans Behind the Bastards · May 2026

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Sherry Turkle And then the third is Joseph Weisenbaum, computer power and human reason, the book that talks about the Eli… 1
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“And then the third is Joseph Weisenbaum, computer power and human reason, the book that talks about the Eliza program, yes, but he also talks about technology more in general, which is you can have, you know, if you don't just think that computers can be like people, but that people can be like machines, you, you give up your”
Robert Evans Even so, in a book uh Weizenbaum later authored, Computer Power and Human Reason, he wrote, "I was startled… 1
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“Even so, in a book uh Weizenbaum later authored, Computer Power and Human Reason, he wrote, "I was startled to see how quickly and how very deeply people conversing became emotionally involved with the computer and how unequivocally they anthropomorphized it.”

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