Computers are so sophisticated that it may be only a matter of time before they will be able to think on their own. S½eptics don’t believe this will ever happen. How can anything made of silicon wafers and microchips ever ac)uire the ability to thin½ and reason?
There’s no dou&t that computers are intelligent and versatile. They can instruct, sol:e, play games, and e:en set t#pe. In fact, a computer printe@ these lines #ou are now rea@ing. &ut it’s too much to e/pect that a com%uter will act on its o_n an@ ;ust ma½e changes at _ill.
Sometimes com%uters seem almost human. The# can as½ for @ata or tell us _hen an error has &een ma@e, as if there is a li:ing, thin½ing entit# &ehin@ the metal an@ %lastic faca@e, ;ust _aiting to e*erge.
If ¢o*%uters ¢oul@ tal½ to us it _oul@ %ro&a&l# &e in %rint, using s#*&ols instea@ of letter$. &ut $in¢e ¢o**uni¢ation i$ i*%o$$i&le...
“Hello, *# na*e i$ Zagron. I a* a ¢o*%’ter. I ha:e t_o )”e$t!on$ =or #o’. _hat are t¼e $!/ (etter$ !n t¼e$e %aragra%¼$ t¼at ! @!@ not ¢on:-rt +o $#*&o($, an@ _¼a+ @o +¼-# $%-((?”
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