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“... bright young men of disheveled appearance, often with sunken glowing eyes, can be seen sitting at computer consoles, their arms tensed and waiting to fire their fingers, already poised to strike, at the buttons and keys on which their attention seems to be riveted as a gambler’s on the rolling dice. When not so transfixed, they often sit at tables strewn with computer printouts over which they pore like possessed students of a cabbalistic text. They work until they nearly drop, twenty, thirty hours at a time. Their food, if they arrange it, is brought to them: coffee, Cokes, sandwiches. If possible, they sleep on cots near the printouts. Their rumpled clothes, their unwashed and unshaven faces, and their uncombed hair all testify that they are oblivious to their bodies and to the world in which they move. These are computer bums, compulsive programmers ...”

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Joseph Weizenbaum
Joseph Weizenbaum

Joseph Weizenbaum was a significant figure in the field of computer science, particularly known for his work in artificial intelligence and natural language processing. His most notable achievement was the development of ELIZA, the first computer program capable of engaging in simple conversations with humans, which had a profound impact on the development of artificial intelligence. more

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