Guardian Podcast Revisits 2023 Weizenbaum Essay on AI Humanization, 1 Archive Long Read
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Updated · The Guardian · Nov 11
Guardian Podcast Revisits 2023 Weizenbaum Essay on AI Humanization, 1 Archive Long Read
1 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Nov 11
Summary
The Guardian has republished a long-read podcast from its archive, revisiting a 2023 essay on Joseph Weizenbaum’s warning against treating computers as human.
Weizenbaum—an early AI pioneer and creator of one of the first chatbots—argued that people must never confuse machine behavior with human thought or feeling.
The episode is part of the Guardian’s archive series, which brings back earlier long reads with new introductions from their authors.
Ben Tarnoff wrote the original piece, and Sam Peter Jackson reads the podcast version, framing Weizenbaum’s critique for today’s AI debate.