I have to write a 1-2 page paper on can computers think for my Technology/Society class and we have to debate on whether or not a computer can think. I say that the only way they can is if u program it to. I need some help on this do u think they can think on there on? what would be some evidence on that?
2007-10-31 04:18:24 · 22 answers · asked by bluedevilsgirl07 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
I did a 20 page paper on artificial intelligence (AI). I can e-mail you my paper if you'd like (if I find it). My e-mail's public. My opinion is that they can't think on their own, they are programmed to do so.
2007-10-31 04:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Computer learning and AI are complicated. it's really opinion based on what you call "thinking". I'd look up Computer learning and see what you think. You can program a computer to know what's good, and what's bad and make decisions on goodness/badness of things and decide, but can you make a computer feel? probably not. You might base the argument in developmental psychology. Draw a paralell, on a programmed computer programmed to persue methods to make more programmable computer, versus a child "programmed" but left alone from birth, what are the results, how are they similar and different?
2007-10-31 11:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by lansingstudent09101 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I see a computer as a calculator or any other machine 'told' to provide some form of information and based on what you put in, you get back a response in accordance with your input.
When someone claims 'computer error', I strongly object - unless the machine has a defect, a virus or some such problem. It only gives you a result, based on the equation you supply. The thing is, we do this in everyday life - blame it on the other person when we make a mistake.
2007-10-31 11:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by SANCHA 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The way planes move is modeled after how birds move, but even though planes don't flap their wings like birds do, we call both activities 'flying'.
The point I'm trying to make is: it all depends on how you define 'thinking'. Computers have a memory, they can reason AND they can be creative; does that constitute thinking? I've had several discussions on this topic with friends, and -to cut a long story short- they usually seem to feel that computers cannot think because computers are not self-aware.
But self-awareness is not part of MY definition of thinking...
2007-10-31 11:33:13 · answer #4 · answered by Uninformed hence not consenting 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well i can't give you a -2 page info but this paragraph may help
The computer has advanced alot since its invention and it is said to one of the hugest marvels of technology.Although it can do anything and give you any data and information you want,it cannot reach to the extent of thinking;computers are fed with a programme which has certain inormation and it can answer and do only how much has been fed in it.A computer is not a living being and has no brain so it leads us to prove that computers cannot think.Computers have not been able to do that and never will be able to do this.Everthing has a limit and the same implies to computers;although computers have advanced alot,they surely will never think.
2007-10-31 11:29:01 · answer #5 · answered by professor smart 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, they cannot think. They have no cognitive powers, and can only react in the manner they've been programmed. You can ask a computer to perform a task, but unless they've been already been instructed on how to perform that task, i.e. it's been programmed with the steps it needs to take in the correct order, no action is possible.
Humans are still required; we're not obsolete yet.
2007-10-31 11:23:57 · answer #6 · answered by Debdeb 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, of course. Thinking, for all practical purposes, involves 1) making decisions and 2) learning. Computers can do both of these. You may want to investigate LISP, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. You can program machines to learn from mistakes and even to write other programs.
As for programming, who says we humans are not programmed by our genes to behave and/or think one way and not another? I have had more intelligent conversations with Eliza (the Lisp-bot) than with many people.
2007-10-31 11:25:12 · answer #7 · answered by Runa 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
computers can not think for sure.computers are executing specific orders which are given by the user only although you can make a program on the section you are interested and let the computer make the process...for example the computer's calculation it makes calculation BUT you put the informations it can do that with the help of ALU(ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT)
2007-10-31 11:24:23 · answer #8 · answered by aforte 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no computer do not think. they do not have a brain. u can create a program but it still needs human brain to work. good luck with ur paper
2007-10-31 11:21:48 · answer #9 · answered by Sagar 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Define "think". What does it mean to think? What processes do we refer to when we say "think"? In essence, all brain activity is made up by electric sparks and chemicals which could, theoretically, be emulated or simulated by a computer.
2007-10-31 11:58:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋