Can computers think? [1]
Can a computational system possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding?

Robert Horn Map 1: Can Computers Think?
A full-sized version of the original can be ordered here

The questions explored on Map 1 – Can Computers Think? are:

  • Can computers have free will?
  • Can computers have emotions?
  • Can computers be creative?
  • Can computers understand arithmetic?
  • Can computers draw analogies?
  • Can computers be persons?
  • Is the brain a computer?
  • Can computers reason scientifically?
  • Are computers inherently disabled?
  • Should we pretend that computers will never be able to think?
  • Does God prohibit computers from thinking?
The set of maps focuses on the philosophical debate around Alan Turing's assertion in 1950 that:
 
"by the end of the century... one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted"

In the context of the debate map, this assertion is taken to mean that a computational system can possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding.

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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
Can computers think? [1]
Should the definition of thought be broadened? »Should the definition of thought be broadened?
No: computers are inherently disabled  »No: computers are inherently disabled 
No: computers can't have free will »No: computers can't have free will
No: computers can't have emotions »No: computers can't have emotions
No: computers can't reason scientifically »No: computers can't reason scientifically
Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a] »Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a]
No: computers can't draw analogies »No: computers can't draw analogies
No: computers can't be creative »No: computers can't be creative
No: computers can't be conscious [6] »No: computers can't be conscious [6]
Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
No: computers can't be persons »No: computers can't be persons
No: machines perform rather than understand maths »No: machines perform rather than understand maths
Yes: because a brain is a computer »Yes: because a brain is a computer
No: computers can't understand images [5b] »No: computers can't understand images [5b]
Yes: Existence entails Possibility »Yes: Existence entails Possibility
No: God gave souls to humans not machines »No: God gave souls to humans not machines
No: the implications too hard to face »No: the implications too hard to face
Yes: The cellular processes of the brain can be simulated »Yes: The cellular processes of the brain can be simulated
Online Papers on Consciousness »Online Papers on Consciousness
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