Unthinkable (Ep. 036)

from Out Of My Mind · host Jay Douglas

Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum wasn’t replaced by an artificially-intelligent computer. He was chased out his job by the one he created. The post Unthinkable (Ep. 036) first appeared on The Theater of Your Mind.

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Joseph Weizenbaum may have been the first person to lose his job because of artificial intelligence. Only he wasn’t replaced by an artificially-intelligent computer. He was chased out by the one he created. In Episode 36, Out Of My Mind podcast host Jay Douglas tells the story of perhaps the first person to lose his job because of artificial intelligence.

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