I think, therefore I am
Andrew Trythall
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
HAL, an advanced thinking computer from Arthur C Clarke's novel 2001, made disastrous choices when given conflicting information. In 1950, Alan Turing invented the Turing test, which has been the ultimate test for whether a computer can really think or not: can a human have a chat using text with a human and a computer, and be able to distinguish between the two? So far, no computer has passed the Turing test, and there are no advanced thinking machines like HAL. Until then, can non-thinking technology develop thinking skills in children? I believe so.
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