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Joseph Weizenbaum: Joseph Weizenbaum (1923–2008) was a German-American computer scientist and AI pioneer. He created the ELIZA program, a natural language processing computer program that simulated conversation, and left the user in the dark as to whether they were dealing with a human conversation partner. Weizenbaum was also known for his ethical concerns regarding the influence of technology on society, notably critiquing AI's potential dehumanizing effects. See also Artificial Intelligence, Turing-Test.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Daniel Dennett on Weizenbaum - Dictionary of Arguments

Brockman I 48
Weizenbaum/DennettVsWeizenbaum/Dennett: [Weizenbaum](1) could never decide which of two theses he wanted to defend: AI is impossible! or AI is possible but evil! He wanted to argue, with John Searle and Roger Penrose, that “Strong AI” is impossible, but there are no good arguments for that conclusion.
Dennett: After all, everything we now know suggests that, as I have put it, we are robots made of robots made of robots . . . down to the motor proteins and their ilk, with no magical ingredients thrown in along the way.


1. Weizenbaum, J. Computer Power and Human Reason. From Judgment to Calculation. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1976

Dennett, D. “What can we do?”, in: Brockman, John (ed.) 2019. Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI. New York: Penguin Press.


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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Dennett I
D. Dennett
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, New York 1995
German Edition:
Darwins gefährliches Erbe Hamburg 1997

Dennett II
D. Dennett
Kinds of Minds, New York 1996
German Edition:
Spielarten des Geistes Gütersloh 1999

Dennett III
Daniel Dennett
"COG: Steps towards consciousness in robots"
In
Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996

Dennett IV
Daniel Dennett
"Animal Consciousness. What Matters and Why?", in: D. C. Dennett, Brainchildren. Essays on Designing Minds, Cambridge/MA 1998, pp. 337-350
In
Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005

Brockman I
John Brockman
Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AI New York 2019


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