On Artificial Intelligence
Just a quick thought while I recover from this last weekend's road trip to South Dakota.
Do you think artificial intelligence will someday be able to achieve human-like intelligence? Or will it only achieve the illusion of intelligence? I specifically mention human-like intelligence because there are many ways to define intelligence. In this case, I'm referring to intelligence like that of humans, not just the ability to make good decisions (as it is sometimes defined). I personally believe computers will only ever be able to produce the illusion of intelligence. There is the possibility that quantum computing brings some new cards to the table, but will computers ever actually think the way we do? Are our minds more similar to computers than we think or is there some intangible quality to our minds that computers will never be able to simulate? What are your thoughts?
Comments
I think computers will continue to create the illusion of intelligence, perhaps to a greater extent in the future, but they will never truly 'think' like humans. No matter how sophisticated the program, in the end the computer always does whatever it was programmed to do; it does not have free will.
Posted by: Lidia Noemà | July 1, 2008 9:57 PM
It doesn't matter. There will inevitably come a point in the future where what we now define as "human" and "computer" will be indistinguishable from each other.
Check out Ray Kurzweil.
Posted by: Anonymous | August 26, 2008 4:55 PM
I think computers will be capable of thought someday, but no matter how good they get, we will always think that they are "inferior" to our intellect.
The question is, what exactly is "real" intelligence? As opposed to the "illusionary" kind.
Posted by: Jose | January 15, 2009 3:55 PM
This is what the whole Terminator series is about. AI takin over!
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