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Can Computers Think? The Case For And Against Artificial Intelligence
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Can Computers Think? The Case For and Against Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has been the subject of many bad "80's" movies and
countless science fiction novels. But what happens when we seriously consider
the question of computers that think. Is it possible for computers to have ....
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.... circumstances of completing the task.
So now that we have all of that out of that way, can computers think?
The issue is contested as hotly among scientists as the advantages of Superman
over Batman is among pre-pubescent boys. On the one hand are the scientists who
say, as philosopher John Searle does, that “Programs are all syntax and no
semantics.” (Discover, 106) Put another way, a computer can actually achieve
thought because it “merely follows rules that tell it how to shift symbols
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