In Episode 36 of the Out Of My Mind Podcast, host Jay Douglas tells the tale of Joseph Weizenbaum, who dared to show how dumb artificial intelligence could be.
History of Technology
Why did Thomas Edison offer to buy an electric generator from his arch opponent, George Westinghouse, to use to put Klemmer to death?
Episode 028 — Current Events
2 William Kemmler, was in the hot seat. He was caught in a battle between George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison over whether AC or DC should be used to kill him.
Current Events
2 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 created one.