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Monday, March 29, 2021

Turing & Ai

Alan Turing, the father of computer science wondered if machines could think or talk like humans. Below I've posted a short video explaining his developments with artificial intelligence. 



John Searle had a similar question regarding ai, and wanted to know if computers could truly think and understand the way humans do. His hypothetical experiment the "Chinese room" went on to question the differences in how machines and humans think and operate. 



The philosophy surrounding ai is interesting because it leads us to question what consciousness really is in essence. Does something have to have a soul or the ability to think to be considered alive? 

--Questions--

-- Do you agree with John Searle that machines don't truly have the ability to think, but simply simulate the understanding of things?

-- Do you think artificial intelligence will one day become more intelligent than humans? Do you think this would be dangerous or beneficial? Explain why or why not. 

--  What is your first idea when you think of ai? How has media sensationalized our idea of artificial         intelligence?

-- How would you describe consciousness? Is it         merely the ability to think? Or is it something more            spiritual?

PowerPoint link: https://1drv.ms/p/s!AvARK9_LdpdnhSthcz2pbVouEK-y?e=59IQJW

Sources: 

-- Alan Turing. 26 Mar. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan Turing. 

-- Turing, A. M. “Computing Machinery and Intelligence.” Mind, vol. 59, no. 236, 1950, pp. 433–460.     JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2251299. Accessed 29 Mar. 2021.

-- Philosophy of AI, www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~eroberts/cs91/projects/ethics-of-ai/sec4.html. 

-- Dowe, & David.. "The Turing Test (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". N.p. n.d. Web. 29 March     2021. < https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/turing-test/ >



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