Weizenbaum argues that the fact that we are entertaining the possibility of machines in these positions suggests that we have experienced an "atrophy of the human spirit that comes from thinking of ourselves as computers."
Veizenbaum tvrdi da je činjenica da se zabavljaju mogućnost mašina u ovim pozicijama ukazuje na to da smo iskusili "atrofije ljudskog duha koji dolazi od razmišljanja o sebi kao kompjutera."