***POLL*** DO COMPUTERS THINK?

[highball]

Do they think?
How do you operationalize "thinking"?

P.S. I know the answer...

 

[nirgis]

Where's the poll!?
Do they think, as in process new data to find conclusions? No

 

[TripleJ]

I think so. Our brains are only complex computers.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

they can think, but it's not rational thought. They can make logical decisions based on input/output, but not making rational decisions

 

[Pr0Hawk]

Im gonna take a guess and say no...

 

[SWScorch]

no, they can only compute. hence the name this is based on my definition of think, which would mean to participate in random musings and rational analysations.

 

[wfbberzerker]

technically, we cant think either, as our thoughts are logical decisions based on input

 

[Rallispec]

i went right to the source and asked a computer... here's the answer i got

Oplax31: do computers think
SmarterChild: Computers think? I don't think I can do that.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Of course they dont think. Perhaps some people don't, but I do. As far as this tendency to compare computers to the mind, yeah you can do it, but a Neandrethal could liken a hurled rock to a B-2. After all they both fly. No one has any real idea how the mind works. If they tell you they do, just have them build a functional brain from scratch.

 

[wedi42]

<< technically, we cant think either, as our thoughts are logical decisions based on input >>


no, i know my thoughts aren't logical

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

<< technically, we cant think either, as our thoughts are logical decisions based on input >>

Bzzz! Wrong. We have what's called "free will". Try figuring out a way to prove your statement with free will as a variable.

 

[RDMustang1]

<< i went right to the source and asked a computer... here's the answer i got

Oplax31: do computers think
SmarterChild: Computers think? I don't think I can do that. >>



lol, now THAT was creative

 

[SinNisTeR]

i dont think that they cant think, am i thinking this? or was this programmed into my head for me to think this way when thinking about how computers think?