page_title: Joseph Weizenbaum
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Weizenbaum
caption_attribution_description: English: Joseph Weizenbaum (Professor emeritus of computer science at MIT). Location: Balcony of his apartment in Berlin, Germany.Deutsch: Joseph Weizenbaum (emeritierter Professor der Informatik des MIT). Aufgenommen auf dem Balkon seines Apartments in Berlin, Deutschland.
context_page_description: Joseph Weizenbaum was a German-American mathematician and computer scientist. He was born in Berlin. He became famous for writing the program ELIZA, which simulated a doctor, in the 1960s. He also became well-known for having a critical attitude to what computers can and should do. Weizenbaum died of a stroke at age 85, in 2008.
context_section_description: Joseph Weizenbaum (8 January 1923 - 5 March 2008) was a German-American mathematician and computer scientist. He was born in Berlin. He became famous for writing the program ELIZA, which simulated a doctor, in the 1960s. He also became well-known for having a critical attitude to what computers can and should do. Weizenbaum died of a stroke at age 85, in 2008.
caption: Weizenbaum, in 2005
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