Is Artificial Intellect Really Thinking?
from the does-it-really-matter dept
Roland Piquepaille writes "Can machines think? The question is tricky. In this Washington Times article, Fred Reed says that even if a computer can be labeled as artificially intelligent, the so-called intelligence actually is in the software. Reed says that even a chess program is made of building blocks -- typically a "move generator" and an "evaluation routine" -- which are not really intelligent. Reed also argues that most of us recognize intelligence without even having a clear definition of what it is. So who cares if machines are intelligent or not? He adds that "for practical purposes, and certainly in the business world, the answer seems to be that if it seems to be intelligent, it doesn't matter whether it really is." Check my blog for more comments."
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AI criteria
1) Ability to respond to external stimuli in a non-arbitrary manner.
2) Ability to make use of past stimulus/response experiences in responding to future stimuli.
While this sounds overly simplistic, I don't think our current level of technology is adequate for the task.
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