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One of the hottest topics that modern science has been focusing on for a long time is the field of artificial intelligence, the study of intelligence in machines or, according to Minsky, “the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men”.(qtd in Copeland 1). Artificial Intelligence has a lot of applications and is used in many areas. “We often don’t notice it but AI is all around us. It is present in computer games, in the cruise control in our cars and the servers that route our email.” (BBC 1). Different goals have been set for the science of Artificial Intelligence, but according to Whitby the most mentioned idea about the goal of AI is provided by the Turing Test. This test is also called the

“I used to worry that computers would become so powerful and sophisticated as to take the place of the human minds,” expresses Lewis Thomas, the author of “The Corner of the Eye” [Thomas, 83]. A large part of Thomas’s fear of computers is due to the fact that “a large enough machine can do all sorts of intelligent things beyond our capacities” [Thomas, 83]. However, computers cannot replace us; he realizes computers cannot do some of the things that we can do, like being human. We like to be equivocal, imaginative, and self-conscious. Computers are the complete opposite of the traits that define us as human; or as Thomas states it, “they are not designed, as we are, for ambiguity” [Thomas, 83]. As witnessed by history, the present, and soon the future, it would be self-evident truth that computers will not take over us or be “us”.

Erin Shoemaker B. Fullingim Composition 2 4 March 2018 The Argument from Consciousness Artificial intelligence is a way of defining intelligence of machines, in contrast to the intelligence of natural creatures like humans and animals. There are multiple theories explaining how machines and computers can think like humans. However, there are many logical objections to this, in which is still a question today. Not only that, if scientists can one day get computers to be as smart or smarter than humans, then what does that mean for the human race?

Searle brings up several arguments that he refutes such as the “Systems Reply,” “The Robot reply,” “The Brain simulator reply,” “the combination reply,” “The other minds reply,” and “the many mansions reply.” The main argument that

The conditions of the present scenario are as follows: a machine, Siri*, capable of passing the Turing test, is being insulted by a 10 year old boy, whose mother is questioning the appropriateness of punishing him for his behavior. We cannot answer the mother's question without speculating as to what A.M. Turing and John Searle, two 20th century philosophers whose views on artificial intelligence are starkly contrasting, would say about this predicament. Furthermore, we must provide fair and balanced consideration for both theorists’ viewpoints because, ultimately, neither side can be “correct” in this scenario. But before we compare hypothetical opinions, we must establish operant definitions for all parties involved. The characters in

“Can Computers Have True Artificial Intelligence?” BBC, 3 Apr. 2012, www.bbc.com/news/technology-17547694. Accessed by 23 May 2017.

Nonetheless, French (2012) argues that the time has come to re-examine the abandonment of the idea that a machine programmed could pass the Turing test with unconditional accomplishments. Namely, new discoveries in intellectual cognitive science that have demonstrated that human intelligence is fundamentally linked to the embodied experience suggest that computers cannot imitate human intelligence in those aspects in which it is momentously dependent of the sensory experience of the world. Due to these discoveries, scientists abandoned the idea that computers would be able to fully emulate human behavior. However, as French (2012) suggests advances in information technology have brought about software that can collect and retrieve virtually all data that is presented about human experience on the internet. He cites a recent experiment in which a home camera system filmed the first 2 years of one baby’s life the entire time (French 2012). The data used to teach the computer about those aspects of human cognition as well thus facilitating it effusively to pass the Turing test. What remains is to ask whether a computer that could do that is in any imperative aspect different from a human (French 2012). French (2012) seems to be suggesting that passing this full version of Turing test

This essay proved through a series of evidence that Brian Aldiss communicates in “Who Can Replace a Man” that machines are ultimately dependent on human intelligence. The machines argue logically but then shut down, obey human orders, and do not start working without receiving orders from the radio operated by

* Developments in computer science would lead to parallels being drawn between human thought and the computational functionality of computers, opening entirely new areas of psychological thought. Allen Newell and Herbert Simon spent years developing the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) and later worked with cognitive psychologists regarding the implications of AI. The effective result was more of a framework conceptualization of mental functions with

Rene Descartes’ “Discourse on the Method” focuses on distinguishing the human rationale, apart from animals and robots. Wherein, he does so by explaining how neither animals, nor machines possess the same mental faculties as humans. For Descartes distinguishes the human rationale apart from non-humans, even though he does agree the two closely resemble each other because of their sense organs, and physical functions (Descartes, pp22). Nevertheless, it is because the mechanical lacks a necessary aspect of the mind, which consequently separates them from humans. For in Descartes “Discourse on the Method,” he argues that the noteworthy difference between humans, and the mechanical is that machines are only responding to the world through of their sense organs. Whereas humans possess the significant faculties of reasoning, which allows them to understand external inputs and information obtained from the surrounding environment. This significantly creates a dividing ‘line’, which separates humans from non-humans. For in this paper, I will firstly distinguish the differences between the human and mechanical’s mentality in regards to Descartes “Discourse on the Method”. Secondly, I will theorize a modern AI that could possess the concept of an intellectual mind, and then hypothesize a powerful AI that lacks the ability to understand its intelligence. Lastly, in disagreeing in why there are no such machines that is equivalent to the human mind. For humans don’t possess all the

The question of what it means to be human, and what might separate human intelligence from artificial intelligence, has never been more important, because humanity is rapidly approaching the point where technological development will allow the creation of genuinely creative thinking machines. Philosophers, scientists, and even fiction authors have grappled with the ethical implications of this possibility, but many of the ethical quandaries faced by these thinkers are predicated upon a misguided conception of what it means to be human in the first place. By examining the role of metaphors in cognition, what it means to be human, the non-existence of the so-called "mind-body" problem, and the somewhat surprising lack of a distinction between human and artificial intelligence, it will be possible to demonstrate that the ethical issues concerning the creation of thinking machines are no different than those concerning the conception of a human child, and furthermore, that there might even be a kind of ethical imperative for humans to create and nurture artificial intelligence in the future.

Kevin: Hello, Dr. Ayala, Dr. Ruiz, and Mr. Skep Ticks. Welcome to “The Future of AI,” and it is my understanding that each of you are proponents to different concepts. Dr. Ayala, you’re a strong proponent of connectionism, while Dr. Ruiz is a strong supporter of symbol manipulation. Mr. Skep Ticks is a skeptic of the aforementioned concepts and believes that AIs cannot be intelligent. Intelligence, he believes, can only be simulated by systems but not created. Having all of you seated in front of me brings about the unique opportunity to ask if either of you believe that a machine can achieve intelligence.

“Weak AI”: the claim that computers are merely able to simulate rather than literally think.

Artificial Intelligence is a topic within the public media that has existed for decades, but is now a concern due to the reality of human advancement and innovation in the field of science and technology. Many people believe that computers will become self-aware or sentient and view humanity as a disposable resource and gain supremacy. Reasoning that research on the technology should halt and not become more advance. Whereas others believe they will help catapult research and the economy forward, supporting the operations and innovations the technology offers. The complicated and divided solutions to the debate aren’t obvious, but there are more benefits to improving artificial intelligence than there is stopping it. Therefore, the negative effects people believe will occur can be resolved.

In the future, we may be able to build a computer that is comparable to the human brain, but not until we truly understand one thing. Lewis Thomas talks about this in his essay, "Computers." He says, "It is in our collective behavior that we are most mysterious. We won't be able to construct machines like ourselves until we've understood this, and we're not even close" (Thomas 473). Thomas wrote this essay in 1974, and although we have made many technological advances