Do Computers Think?
Can or will computers ever think? Well this has been a subject of much debate between even the greatest minds, and yet there is still no answer. First of all I have would like you to answer a question. What is 4x13? Did you have to think to answer that? Yes? Well does that mean that a computer can think because it can answer that question. Well that is what we are going to set to answer and I think yes, depending on your definition of thinking.
First off let's get something straight. When I refer to computers in this essay I am not referring only to the microprocessor sitting on your desk but to microprocessors that control robots of various structure.
Well as I said we first must define to think'. What does that mean? Webster's New Compact Dictionary defines think' as "1. Have a mind. 2. Believe. 3. Employ the mind.". It defines mind as to think'. So does this mean that if you can think does this mean you have a mind? My opinion is that, according to this definition,......
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