In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeff Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Aahz wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I am embarrassed to say that this vaguely disrespectful exchange made me >>> laugh out loud. >> >> Serious: why do you think this is disrespectful? > >Not to speak for Tim, but I imagine it could be perceived as >disrespectful because Prof. Weizenbaum has only recently passed away. >In fact, I think the Prof would be very happy to see people having some >fun at the expense of AI, which he saw as a real threat to human freedom.
Exactly. Also, humor is one traditional response to negative emotions; see all the various Gygax tributes that use humor. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code." --Bill Harlan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
