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Joseph Weizenbaum has left our collective insane asylum.
After long illness he passed away in Berlin on March 5th. (couldn't find anything in english as of yet)
He was very tired of always being asked about ELIZA and AI and would rather be remembered for his later work instead.
After long illness he passed away in Berlin on March 5th. (couldn't find anything in english as of yet)
He was very tired of always being asked about ELIZA and AI and would rather be remembered for his later work instead.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Sad to hear Mr. ELIZA has passed, but a wikipedia link and an article that the vast majority of readers won't be able to actually read is really pretty thin. If someone can put together a better post for Weizenbaum's death (and life), cool, but this should probably go. -- cortex
Does that question interest you?
posted by Dave Faris at 12:05 PM on March 6, 2008
posted by Dave Faris at 12:05 PM on March 6, 2008
>> Hello.
How do you do. Please state your problem.
>> Joseph Weizenbaum has left our collective insane asylum.
I'm not sure I understand you fully.
>> After long illness he passed away in Berlin on March 5th. (couldn't find anything in english as of yet)
Please go on.
>> He was very tired of always being asked about ELIZA and AI and would rather be remembered for his later work instead.
Can you think of a specific example ?
>> How do you feel about Joseph Weizenbaum has left our collective insane asylum?
Why do you ask ?
>> Please elaborate.
What does that suggest to you ?
>> Does that question interest you?
We were discussing you -- not me.
>> How do you feel about . ?
Does that question interest you ?
posted by blue_beetle at 12:11 PM on March 6, 2008 [1 favorite]
How do you do. Please state your problem.
>> Joseph Weizenbaum has left our collective insane asylum.
I'm not sure I understand you fully.
>> After long illness he passed away in Berlin on March 5th. (couldn't find anything in english as of yet)
Please go on.
>> He was very tired of always being asked about ELIZA and AI and would rather be remembered for his later work instead.
Can you think of a specific example ?
>> How do you feel about Joseph Weizenbaum has left our collective insane asylum?
Why do you ask ?
>> Please elaborate.
What does that suggest to you ?
>> Does that question interest you?
We were discussing you -- not me.
>> How do you feel about . ?
Does that question interest you ?
posted by blue_beetle at 12:11 PM on March 6, 2008 [1 favorite]
For some reason, I always thought ELIZA was Minsky's.
posted by RavinDave at 12:42 PM on March 6, 2008
posted by RavinDave at 12:42 PM on March 6, 2008
A wikipedia link and a obit article in German. Seriously?
(couldn't find anything in english as of yet)
So you just decided to make a crappy post, because metafilter is about speed, not quality.
posted by signal at 12:55 PM on March 6, 2008 [1 favorite]
(couldn't find anything in english as of yet)
So you just decided to make a crappy post, because metafilter is about speed, not quality.
posted by signal at 12:55 PM on March 6, 2008 [1 favorite]
I'm sorry, I agree with signal here. This obit post could have been really interesting with some links to... well, pretty much anything.
Also, .
posted by sveskemus at 1:02 PM on March 6, 2008
Also, .
posted by sveskemus at 1:02 PM on March 6, 2008
I thought i had seen quite a few obit posts around here that consisted of nothing but one link to a news item and the main purpose of such post were to be a . dump or place for snarky jokes about the deceased anyway. Should have done more research and taken some more time to do it justice i guess. Feel free to delete and do a nicer one.
posted by morizky at 1:14 PM on March 6, 2008
posted by morizky at 1:14 PM on March 6, 2008
Eliza's built into Mac OS X. Launch Terminal, type
posted by jtron at 1:21 PM on March 6, 2008
emacs, hit return, hit shift-ESC, type xdoctor, hit return.posted by jtron at 1:21 PM on March 6, 2008
Dies ist nicht der Meta-Sieb. Hier finden Sie einen Nachruf in Englisch zu machen, bevor rauschende Todestag-Sieb, bitte.
posted by Dave Faris at 1:27 PM on March 6, 2008
posted by Dave Faris at 1:27 PM on March 6, 2008
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