Are Computers Intelligent?
At the moment, no. Computers are made possible through the concept of simulation, which is a programmer taking a real-world phenomenon and modeling it so that a computer executes it after it is given variables for said model. One of the recent implementations of artificial intelligence can answer questions directly simply by typing it in. It works by searching keywords in various search engines and databases and organizes a coherent and accurate response using sophisticated algorithms, which are a series of steps followed to achieve a certain task. Despite its “intelligence” however, this machine is no smarter than those who invented and orchestrated the algorithms, and in fact would not function on it’s own accord. Compare this to the human mind, which can do the above without any external stimulation. That is, it can ask ITSELF a question. Moreover, we each began our lives with little intelligence, unable to reason. Somewhere along the way, we learned different algorithms for accompl
