Computation

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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 17, 2018

Tagged
aboutness, Computation, Franz Brentano, intentionality, Michael Egnor}

Neurosurgeon outlines why machines can’t think

_{The hallmark of human thought is meaning, and the hallmark of computation is indifference to meaning.} _{Michael Egnor

July 17, 2018}

A cornerstone of the development of artificial intelligence is the pervasive assumption that machines can, or will, think. Watson, a question-answering computer, beats the best Jeopardy players, and anyone who plays chess has had the humiliation of being beaten by a chess engine. Does this mean that computers can think as well as (or better than) humans think? Read More ›