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CHICAGO — The ancient art
of Talmudic argument is about
to undergo a radical change,
with the learned rabbi at the
head of the table being replaced
by a computer.
Anybody who has tried to
straighten out a mistake in his
credit and wound up arguing
with a computer knows how
frustrating it can be. But Rabbi
Irving Rosenbaum and his Insti
tute for Computers in Jewish
Life plan to bring that frustra
tion right into the rabbi’s study.
“It’s revolutionary, it really
is,” said Rosenbaum, who used
to head the Jewish University of
America in suburban Skokie.
“The computer becomes the
other rabbi arguing with you.
“If you say, ‘This is the way I
understand this particular pas
sage,’ the computer says, ‘You
may understand it that way but
according to so-and-so it is some
other way.’
“Take a classic case — If you
see a prominent rabbi leaving a
house of prostitution, what
should you do? Confront him,
tell his congregation, or keep si
lent? No matter which side you
suggests
take, the computer
another solution.
“The computer is by no
means artificial intelligence but
“Take a classic case — If
you see a prominent
rabbi leaving a house of
prostitution, what
should you do? Con
front him, tell his con
gregation, or keep si
lent? No matter which
side you take, the com
puter suggests another
solution” — Rabbi
Irving Rosenbaum,
head of the Institute for
Computers in Jewish
Life.
ly, you can find material no one
ever thought of looking for be
cause it’s only mentioned in pas
sing,” he said. “The computer
doesn’t know where it’s sup
posed to look. It looks at every
thing.
“If you wanted to know about
agricultural practices in France
in the 12th Century, say about
wine growing, there is no writ
ten material about wine growing
in the 12th century in France,
it focuses things more quickly
than any human brain can do.”
Rosenbaum’s plans are just
barely under way, but already
1,500 years of rabbinic “respon-
sa” — some 600 million bits of
synog’ogue — they’re interested
in bingo games.”
Rosenbaum said the prog-
contemporary problems,”
Rosenbaum said. “Jewish tradi
tion has accumulated a vast body
of thinking over 5,000 years.
There are no new human prob
lems really — whether marriage,
family, sex, labor, the workplace
— all these issues have come up
over the centuries.
“There are discussions of re
moval of life support systems. In
the Middle Ages there was the
Eventually, Rosenbaum
dieted, as many as25univ
ties around thecountry
hookups into the Bar-llan;
puter. By next year, he sail j
expects terminals to be sell;
five or six institutions,!:
the University oi MidiJ |
NYU, Yale and Columbia,
The Talmudic argumem,
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erything — ethics, mor-
t' /s - business, finance.
Bar-llan University in Israel. I hey are normative
Rosenbaum’s institute patch- judgments of what
es into the computer by tele- J °
phone and is beginning to pro- should happen at that
particular time” —
Rosenbaum
ram’s retrieval method makes it
possible to find information on a
vast variety of topics — every
thing from Sabbath to garlic.
“If a query is framed correct-
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