# Joseph Weizenbaum (@joseph-weizenbaum)

Joseph Weizenbaum was a German-American computer scientist and technology critic. Weizenbaum created ELIZA, a framework whose DOCTOR script used pattern matching and substitution to simulate a therapist-like conversation.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Joseph Weizenbaum's public record._

## Topics

- [Computer Power and Human Reason](/@joseph-weizenbaum/computer-power-and-human-reason.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [ELIZA](/@joseph-weizenbaum/eliza.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The ELIZA Effect](/@joseph-weizenbaum/the-eliza-effect.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://news.mit.edu/2008/obit-weizenbaum-0310
- blog: https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/w-100/exhibition-eliza/
- blog: https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/201699

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "joseph-weizenbaum", "question": "…"}`.