Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Chapter 15 DQ

1- Is the Turing test a valid test of intelligence? Why or why not?
The Turing Test is carried out by engaging a human judge in a conversation between a human and a machine. I do not believe that it tests if you are intelligent or not because the computer is a machine. It is programmed for the purpose of getting answers. If you beat the computer then OH YA your intelligent :) but if you dont its an honor just to be able to compete with a computer. It doesn't mean you are dumb or dont understand something if you dont win the competiton against the computer.

2- List several mental task that people do better than computers. List several mental tasks that computers do better than people. Can you find any general characteristics that distinguish the items of the two lists?

Brain
  • uses chemicals to transmit information
  • Memories grow by stronger synaptic connections.
  • It is much easier and faster for the brain to learn new things.
Computer
  • uses electricity
  • uses switches that are either on or off (binary)
  • memory grows by adding computer chips
  • the computer can do many complex tasks at the same time (multitasking)

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