Joseph Weizenbaum

[castironpi at gmail.com]

> >>> I am embarrassed to say that this vaguely disrespectful exchange made me
> >>> laugh out loud.
>
> >> Serious: why do you think this is disrespectful?
>
> >Not to speak for Tim, but I imagine it could be perceived as
> >disrespectful because Prof. Weizenbaum has only recently passed away.
> >In fact, I think the Prof would be very happy to see people having some
> >fun at the expense of AI, which he saw as a real threat to human freedom.
>
> Exactly.  Also, humor is one traditional response to negative emotions;
> see all the various Gygax tributes that use humor.

Were you close to him?