Tech Criticism Before the Techlash w/ Zachary Loeb
Tech Won't Save Us
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Weisenbaum's Computer Power and Human Reason, From Judgment to Calculation
Weisenbaum is an outspoken critic of technology. He's trying to explain how computers work, what artificial intelligence can accomplish. The book meets with a somewhat chilly reception; he gets ostracized from the technical community. But this isn't a case of some humanist social critic voicing their critiques. This is somebody who is a computer scientist, somebody with impeccable credentials, who is sounding the alarm.
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