July 25, 2023, 4 a.m. | Ben Tarnoff

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian www.theguardian.com

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans

In 1966, an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot. He cast it in the role of a psychotherapist. A user would type a message on an electric typewriter connected to a mainframe. After a moment, the “psychotherapist” would reply.

User: Men are all alike.
Chatbot: IN WHAT WAY
User: They’re always …

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