The length of time until computers can actually reason, adapt, think, problem solve, tell stories, and understand and create humor? They are all questions which computer scientists focusing on diwo programming and theory are asking themselves today. When does a machine, or pc become aware, alert to itself, thus alive, and thinking?
Point about this is philosophical, so much so that some wonder in reverse, that is to say; are humans really thinking or merely addressing stimuli in a really predictable way?
Recently, there has been some top scientists and computer engineers in the field suggesting that mankind in his find a thinking computer, true intelligence, has moved inside the wrong direction, knowning that a neural network, which may be a totally different configuration can be appropriate, something much less dissimilar from what sort of Internet works where each point might do many calculations or different kinds.
Plus there is another group insisting that true artificial intelligence needs to be able to forget to be able to be effective so it doesn't exhibit schizophrenic behavior (which has been observed mind you), and also the ability to make a few mistakes.
Simply mimicking human expression, or responding using data bases of phrases is not actually thinking. Even CRM software which touts itself to be artificially intelligent driven is not really aware, it is not really thinking, and even though it might pass the Turing Test; the ability to fool a human into believing it's a real person these are talking too. But, I'd suggest a true thinking computer can think about the reverse, and realize whether or not it really is actually talking to a genuine human or actually talking to another computer.
Perhaps in the future dozens of lines will end up so blurred about result in the Turing Test irrelevant?
Indeed, there have been entire chains of AI computers which talk to one another in Internet Forums. It appears as if it's a conversation between 2 different people, however the dialogue is completely shallow, no original thinking really, however some of the responses are interesting, some laughable, but humans too make stupid remarks often enough the other only should surf Facebook for 5-minutes to view that.
Will computers be capable to think? Well, assuming you mean; the way in which humans think, the answer then is yes, eventually.
Currently, this indicates the Turing Test has been achieved, on the other hand ask would be that the real test or threshold we should be considering. The first choice for thought that not only will AI become aware, but it'll out think humans by combining the best of all possible, likewise modified humans, "transhumans" if you'll, coupled to computer devices will perform the identical, which my buddies is only a a few time. So, please consider pretty much everything and think on it.