Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of essays looks into the philosophical arguments behind artificial intelligence and whether one can equate such concepts as intelligence, understanding and thinking to computers. Classic arguments, such as the Chinese room are discussed as well as modern arguments, such as if one should differentiate between the connectionist computers and the digital computers. There is an introduction written by the editor, who is a leading name in artificial intelligence and upholds the view that, given time, computers will be able to match humans in intelligence.
