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Computer Power and Human Reason
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<p><i>Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation</i> is a 1976 nonfiction book by German-American computer scientist <a href="/facts/Joseph_Weizenbaum/Sy2f7I4h">Joseph Weizenbaum</a> in which he contends that while <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a> may be possible, we should never allow computers to make important decisions, as they will always lack human qualities such as <a href="/facts/Compassion/ae69R3fb">compassion</a> and <a href="/facts/Wisdom/6Pqq0nAA">wisdom</a>. </p>