Just how long until computers can certainly reason, adapt, think, problem solve, tell stories, and understand and convey humor? These are generally all questions which computer scientists implementing artificial intelligence systems programming and theory are wondering today. When will a machine, or computer system become aware, alert to itself, thus alive, and thinking?
Much of this is philosophical, because of this that some ask the question back, this means; are humans really thinking or merely answering stimuli really predictable way?
Recently, there has been some top scientists and computer engineers in the field suggesting that mankind in his search for a thinking computer, true intelligence, has moved inside the wrong direction, which a neural network, which may be described as a different configuration could be correct, something not too dissimilar from the way the Internet works where each point might do many calculations or differing types.
Then there's another group insisting that true artificial intelligence needs the ability to forget in order to work properly therefore it doesn't exhibit schizophrenic behavior (that is observed in addition), along with the ability to get some things wrong.
Simply mimicking human expression, or responding using data bases of phrases is not really thinking. Even CRM software which touts itself to be artificially intelligent driven isn't actually aware, it's not really thinking, and even though it could pass the Turing Test; a chance to fool a human into believing it is a real person they may be talking too. Yet, I'd suggest a true thinking computer would be able to think about the reverse, and realize regardless of whether it really is actually talking to a real human or actually talking to another computer.
Perhaps in the foreseeable future all of the lines will end up so blurred concerning increase the risk for Turing Test irrelevant?
Indeed, there are entire chains of AI computers which speak to each other in Internet Forums. It seems like it is just a conversation between a couple, though the dialogue is very shallow, with out original thinking really, even though some of the responses are interesting, some laughable, but humans too make stupid remarks often enough and one only must surf Facebook for 5-minutes to determine that.
Will computers be capable to think? Well, assuming you mean; just how humans think, the answer then is yes, eventually.
Currently, it seems like the Turing Test may be achieved, on the other hand ask could be that the real test or threshold you should be considering. It is indeed my thought not only can 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 is going to do precisely the same, knowning that my friends is simply matter of time. So, please consider pretty much everything and think about it.