John Gilmore wrote on 03/15/2008 07:11:06 AM: > He was one of the giants; Eliza was and will remain a landmark system.
> Perhaps more importantly, he reminded us, and we need constant > reminding, that computing is an ethically neutral technology, one > that lends itself to radical misuse: > o It props up conservative, risk-averse bureraucracies; > o it lends itself to the support of a naif, reductionist world view. > All this Weizenbaum fought against, and no replacement figure of his > stature is at hand. Donald Knuth is of comparable stature, but not as vocal. See, for example, <http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2006/mayjun/features/knuth.html> and <http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/iaq.html> -- Jack Hamilton Management Information & Analysis - Analytic Information Services Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. 1950 Franklin Street, Oakland, California 94612 +1 510 987-1556 (KP tieline 8-427-1556) NOTE: This email document and attachments are covered by CA Evidence Code §1157 and CA Health and Safety Code §1370. NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are prohibited from sharing, copying, or otherwise using or disclosing its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments without reading, forwarding or saving them. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
