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Can Computers Think?
• Turing test: if a computer performs like
a human being, it can be said to think
John Searle
(1932 - )
Alan Turing
(1912-54)
• Thinking or understanding involves
more than following a program or
manipulating symbols according to
rules; it involves being aware of what
following the program means or
interpreting an intended action
Is Artificial Intelligence Possible?
• If computers were programmed in the
same way humans are raised, their
functional behavior might be intentional
Bill Lycan
(1945 - )
• Computers could be said to engage in
intentional (thoughtful) behavior only
if their use of language were holistic
John Haugeland (e.g., able to handle ambiguity) and
(1945 - )
meaningful/important to them