How much time until computers can certainly reason, adapt, think, problem solve, tell stories, and understand and produce humor? They are all questions which computer scientists focusing on artificial intelligence systems programming and theory are asking themselves today. When will a machine, or computer system become aware, alert to itself, thus alive, and thinking?
Point about this is philosophical, so much in fact that some wonder backwards, that is to say; are humans really thinking or merely responding to stimuli really predictable way?
Recently, there have been some top scientists and computer engineers within the field suggesting that mankind in the find a thinking computer, true intelligence, has moved inside the wrong direction, which a neural network, which could certainly be a different configuration will be right, something much less dissimilar from how a Internet works where each point might do many calculations or different kinds.
Plus there is another group insisting that true artificial intelligence needs a chance to forget as a way to work properly so it doesn't exhibit schizophrenic behavior (which was observed mind you), along with the power to make a few mistakes.
Simply mimicking human expression, or responding using data bases of phrases is simply not thinking. Even CRM software which touts itself as being artificially intelligent driven is not really aware, it isn't really really thinking, even though it will pass the Turing Test; the opportunity to fool a person's into believing it's actually a real person they are talking too. Nevertheless, I'd advise a true thinking computer could take into account the reverse, and realize if it is speaking with a genuine human or actually talking to another computer.
Perhaps down the road those lines will become so blurred concerning make the Turing Test irrelevant?
Indeed, there have been entire chains of AI computers which speak to the other person in Internet Forums. It appears just as if it's a conversation between 2 different people, nevertheless the dialogue is totally shallow, no original thinking really, even though some with the responses are interesting, some laughable, but humans too make stupid remarks often enough and something only needs to surf Facebook for 5-minutes to see that.
Will computers ever be in a position to think? Well, assuming you mean; the best way humans think, the answer then is yes, eventually.
Currently, it appears the Turing Test has become achieved, on the other hand ask would be that the real test or threshold you should be considering. It's my belief that not merely will AI become aware, but it'll out think humans by combining the very best of all possible worlds, likewise modified humans, "transhumans" for a moment, coupled to computer devices will do exactly the same, knowning that my pals is only a matter of time. So, please consider all this and think into it.