Weizenbaum: Computer && Vernunft?

A presentation at Buchclub in November 2025 in Berlin, Germany by Gunnar Bittersmann

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WEIZENBAUM: COMPUTER && VERNUNFT?

FOTO: KEVIN KU AUF UNSPLASH

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WEIZENBAUM: COMPUTER POWER && HUMAN REASON

FOTO: KEVIN KU AUF UNSPLASH

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WEIZENBAUM: DIE MACHT DER COMPUTER && DIE OHNMACHT DER VERNUNFT

FOTO: KEVIN KU AUF UNSPLASH

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WEIZENBAUM: DIE MACHT DER COMPUTER && DIE OHNMACHT DER VERNUNFT?

FOTO: KEVIN KU AUF UNSPLASH

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FOTO: ULRICH HANSEN, CC BY-SA 3.0

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WEIZENBAUM: COMPUTER && VERNUNFT?

FOTO: KEVIN KU AUF UNSPLASH

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W.A. Mozart: Anleitung, Walzer oder Schleifer mit zwei Würfeln zu componiren, so viele man will, ohne etwas von der Musik oder Composition zu verstehen.

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Partitur

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Tabelle

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Wahrscheinlichkeiten bei einem Würfel und bei zwei Würfeln

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Gaußsche Normalverteilung auf 10-DM-Schein

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WEIZENBAUM: COMPUTER && VERNUNFT?

FOTO: KEVIN KU AUF UNSPLASH

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leeres Regal (kein Toilettenpapier, 2020)

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WEIZENBAUM: COMPUTER && VERNUNFT?

FOTO: KEVIN KU AUF UNSPLASH

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Jeffrey Zeldman: Designing with Web Standards book cover

Jeffrey Zeldman with blue beanie

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my avatar with blue beanie

Happy Blue Beanie Day!

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WEIZENBAUM: COMPUTER && VERNUNFT?

FOTO: KEVIN KU AUF UNSPLASH

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Come gather ’round users Wherever you roam And admit that the walls Of your gardens have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be trapped by your phones

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If your data to you is worth saving Then you’d better start hacking or you’ll be left alone For the times they are a-changin’

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Come bloggers and journalists Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The scoop won’t come again And don’t tweet too soon For the market’s in spin

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There’s no tellin’ who that it’s naming For the startups now will be later to win For the times they are a-changin’

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Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don’t block innovation With your patent laws For he who gets sued Will be he who has stalled

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There are lawsuits abound and they’re paying Quit reading my emails and listening to my calls For the times they are a-changin’

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Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land Don’t grant those permissions You don’t understand Your apps and your data Are beyond your command

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Your privacy is gradually eroding Come fight for a web we can all understand For the times they are a-changin’

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Neutrality must stay The peoples’ vote it is cast This network of ours Will always be fast As emerging markets Will later be vast

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The digital devide will start fading Monopolies of now will later be last For the times they are a-changin’

“The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan. Adaptation by Ben Francis, CC BY-SA 4.0

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“I want AL to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my my laundry and dishes.” — Joanna Maciejewska