# Joseph Weizenbaum

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Joseph Weizenbaum - Computer Power and Human Reason

Are there things computers and AI should never do, even if they could? In this week’s episode, we discuss this question and take a look at Joseph Weizenbaum’s book “Computer Power and Human Reason” (1976). We learn about his famous chatbot ELIZA, the difference between deciding and choosing, and wh…

Lessons from the very first chatbot

Before Alexa and Siri, there was ELIZA. The first chatbot ever was the creation of a man named Joseph Weizenbaum, who built the bot almost as a magic trick — and then couldn't believe how many people fell for it. David Berry and Mark Marino, two members of a team dedicated to restoring and understa…

Lessons from the very first chatbot

Before Alexa and Siri, there was ELIZA. The first chatbot ever was the creation of a man named Joseph Weizenbaum, who built the bot almost as a magic trick — and then couldn't believe how many people fell for it. David Berry and Mark Marino, two members of a team dedicated to restoring and understa…

Vergecast: ELIZA, the world's first chatbot

From The Vergecast, this episode takes a look back at one of the earliest chapters in the history of AI. Before Alexa and Siri, there was ELIZA. The first chatbot ever was the creation of a man named Joseph Weizenbaum, who built the bot almost as a magic trick — and then couldn't believe how many …

Sherry Turkle - The Second Self

What does using a computer do to you? If you use computers, laptops, phones, or play video games, this episode is for you! We discuss Sherry Turkle’s seminal book "The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit" (1984) and explore what happens while you are working with a computer. We also talk ab…

01 - We Handed This Episode to the Agent

Dave told his AI chief of staff, "act as an expert podcast producer and get us to number one." Then he and Brian recorded for fifty minutes and sent her the file. This is what came back. Brian Badillo and Dave Rosendahl have both spent twenty-five years in print and mail. Neither has ever made a p…

Care, with (Jennifer) Jill Fellows

This episode is about care, attentiveness and the skill of being in relationship(s). (Jennifer) Jill Fellows and I discuss the rise of AI intimacy and the programmed sycophancy of generativeAI today, and what it reveals is that our emotional attachments to chatbots might be more about how easily we…

Tom Holloway – September 20th, 2026

Playwright Tom Holloway’s new work Eliza receives its world premiere with Melbourne Theatre Company at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner, 140 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank. Running from 28 September to 31 October 2026, this psychological thriller is inspired by real events surrounding MIT professor Jo…

Designing AI for Reflection, Not Advice: Conversation Architecture, Avatars, and Ethics | with Dr. Vanessa Mai

Dr. Vanessa Mai is a systemic business coach, communication scientist, and researcher at the University of Cologne—and since 2019, she has been pioneering the empirical design of AI coaching chatbots. Her mission is clear: creating conversational systems that foster genuine human self-reflection ra…

Rabbit Hole Parasol Stories — A Rabbit Hole Parasol Allegoric Apologue: Enough for Some Things

What makes someone—or something—worthy of our trust? Is it what they are? Whether they’re human? Whether they’re real? Or is trust something built much more slowly, through what happens from one interaction to the next? “Enough for Some Things” is a Rabbit Hole Parasol Allegoric Apologue: a fiction…