How long until computers can reason, adapt, think, problem solve, tell stories, and understand and convey humor? These are all questions which computer scientists working on diwo programming and theory are wondering today. When will a machine, or laptop or computer become aware, aware of itself, thus alive, and thinking?
Much of this is philosophical, so much so that some wonder in reverse, that is to say; are humans really thinking or merely giving an answer to stimuli in a very predictable way?
Recently, there have been some top scientists and computer engineers within the field suggesting that mankind in his look for a thinking computer, true intelligence, has moved from the wrong direction, understanding that a neural network, which could be described as a different configuration will be correct, something not too dissimilar from how a Internet works where each point might do many calculations or various sorts.
Plus there is another group insisting that true artificial intelligence needs to be able to forget in order to work effectively so that it doesn't exhibit schizophrenic behavior (which has been observed mind you), along with the capability to get some things wrong.
Simply mimicking human expression, or responding using data bases of phrases is simply not thinking. Even CRM software which touts itself being artificially intelligent driven is not actually aware, it isn't really really thinking, even though it could pass the Turing Test; a chance to fool a person's into believing it's really a real person they may be talking too. Yet, I'd advise a true thinking computer would be able to think about the reverse, and realize whether it really is speaking with an actual human or speaking to another computer.
Perhaps later on dozens of lines can become so blurred as to make the Turing Test irrelevant?
Indeed, there has been entire chains of AI computers which speak with one another in Internet Forums. It's like this is a conversation between two people, though the dialogue is very shallow, with out original thinking really, although some of the responses are interesting, some laughable, but humans too make stupid remarks often enough and one only should surf Facebook for 5-minutes to view that.
Will computers be capable to think? Well, assuming you mean; the way humans think, the answer then is yes, eventually.
Currently, this indicates the Turing Test continues to be achieved, on the other hand ask could be that the real test or threshold you should be considering. It is my thought not only can AI become aware, but it will out think humans by combining the very best of both worlds, likewise modified humans, "transhumans" as it were, coupled to computer devices can do precisely the same, which my pals is just a matter of time. So, please consider all this and think on it.