# Guardian revisits Ben Tarnoff's 2023 profile of Joseph Weizenbaum and his warnings about AI

> Original title: From the archive: Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI – podcast

- Source: The Guardian · AI
- Published: 2026-11-11T05:00:31.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/e59objmmew6j88ip5331wnhrn
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/nov/11/from-the-archive-weizenbaums-nightmares-how-the-inventor-of-the-first-chatbot-turned-against-ai-podcast

## Summary

The Guardian republishes a 2023 long read by Ben Tarnoff on Joseph Weizenbaum, the computer scientist who helped start artificial intelligence and later argued that computers must never be confused with humans. The podcast is read by Sam Peter Jackson and includes a new introduction from the author.