Computer Power And Human Reason: From Judgement To Calculation
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the dawn of the computer age, Joseph Weizenbaum's Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgement to Calculation issues a profound and urgent challenge to the uncritical faith humanity was placing in its most powerful new tool. Written by the MIT computer scientist who created ELIZA — the eerily convincing conversational program that foreshadowed today's AI — this landmark work argues that while computers can simulate human reasoning, the act of genuine judgement is an irreducibly human capacity that must never be surrendered to a machine. Weizenbaum draws a crucial and disquieting line between what computers *can* do and what they *ought* to do, dismantling the seductive myth of artificial intelligence with the precision of an insider. A cornerstone of both computer science philosophy and humanist critique, the book articulates a powerful moral framework at a time when such a framework was desperately needed. Weizenbaum writes with the rare authority of a practitioner turned conscience, his prose at once rigorous and deeply passionate, challenging scientists, technologists, and citizens alike to reclaim their sense of human responsibility. Decades after its first publication, its central question — who, or what, should hold the power to decide? — has never felt more urgent.
Author: Joseph Weizenbaum
Format: Paperback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the dawn of the computer age, Joseph Weizenbaum's Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgement to Calculation issues a profound and urgent challenge to the uncritical faith humanity was placing in its most powerful new tool. Written by the MIT computer scientist who created ELIZA — the eerily convincing conversational program that foreshadowed today's AI — this landmark work argues that while computers can simulate human reasoning, the act of genuine judgement is an irreducibly human capacity that must never be surrendered to a machine. Weizenbaum draws a crucial and disquieting line between what computers *can* do and what they *ought* to do, dismantling the seductive myth of artificial intelligence with the precision of an insider. A cornerstone of both computer science philosophy and humanist critique, the book articulates a powerful moral framework at a time when such a framework was desperately needed. Weizenbaum writes with the rare authority of a practitioner turned conscience, his prose at once rigorous and deeply passionate, challenging scientists, technologists, and citizens alike to reclaim their sense of human responsibility. Decades after its first publication, its central question — who, or what, should hold the power to decide? — has never felt more urgent.