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 accomplishing certain tasks (alphabetizing, scientific method, order of operations, variable isolation in algebra, and so on) that enabled us to learn others. So basically, we learned how to learn. To date, there is no computer that can write its own programs and choose when it is best to execute them.
In summary, a computer cannot think like a man because its 'thinking' is based on models of real world situations that it itself cannot interpret, model, implement, realize, and utilize in the derivation of other models. When man creates an entity whose functions evolve through external stimulating, he might have created something intelligent. Then again, it would depend on how efficient its algorithms for reasoning are!
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 accomplishing certain tasks (alphabetizing, scientific method, order of operations, variable isolation in algebra, and so on) that enabled us to learn others. So basically, we learned how to learn. To date, there is no computer that can write its own programs and choose when it is best to execute them.
In summary, a computer cannot think like a man because its 'thinking' is based on models of real world situations that it itself cannot interpret, model, implement, realize, and utilize in the derivation of other models. When man creates an entity whose functions evolve through external stimulating, he might have created something intelligent. Then again, it would depend on how efficient its algorithms for reasoning are!
