How long until computers can reason, adapt, think, problem solve, tell stories, and understand and convey humor? They're all questions which computer scientists focusing on artificial intelligence systems programming and theory are asking themselves today. When does a machine, or computer system become aware, mindful of itself, thus alive, and thinking?
Point about this is philosophical, because of this that some ask the question in the opposite direction, frankly; are humans really thinking or merely responding to stimuli in a really predictable way?
Recently, there have been some top scientists and computer engineers in the field suggesting that mankind in his look for a thinking computer, true intelligence, has moved in the wrong direction, knowning that a neural network, which will be a totally different configuration can be more appropriate, something much less dissimilar from how the Internet works where each point might do many calculations or different kinds.
Plus there is another group insisting that true artificial intelligence needs the ability to forget as a way to be effective in order that it doesn't exhibit schizophrenic behavior (which has been observed in addition), along with the ability to make some mistakes.
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 thinking, even though it could pass the Turing Test; to be able to fool a person's into believing it's actually a real person they're talking too. But, I'd suggest a true thinking computer could possibly think about the reverse, and realize whether or not it really is speaking with a real human or speaking with another computer.
Perhaps later on all of the lines will end up so blurred as to make the Turing Test irrelevant?
Indeed, there were entire chains of AI computers which speak with one another in Internet Forums. It's like it is a conversation between 2 different people, nevertheless the dialogue is very shallow, with no original thinking really, although some people might of 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 determine that.
Will computers ever be able to think? Well, assuming you mean; the way in which humans think, the answer then is yes, eventually.
Currently, it seems like the Turing Test has been achieved, however i ask would be that the real test or threshold we should be considering. It's my belief that not merely 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 precisely the same, which my pals is just a matter of time. So, please consider all this and think on it.