Computer power and human reason : from judgment to calculation / Joseph Weizenbaum.
By: Weizenbaum, Joseph.
Material type: BookPublisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1984Description: xix, 300 p. : ill ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140225358 (pbk).Subject(s): Computers and civilizationDDC classification: 303.4834Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.
Introduction -- On tools -- Where the power of the computer comes from -- How computers work -- Science and the compulsive programmer -- Theories and models -- Computer models in psychology -- The computer and natural language -- Artificial intelligence -- Incomprehensible programs -- Against the imperialism of instrumental reason.