How long until computers can reason, adapt, think, problem solve, tell stories, and understand and provide humor? These are all questions which computer scientists implementing automated business optimization programming and theory are wondering today. When will a machine, or laptop or computer become aware, mindful of itself, thus alive, and thinking?
Much of this is philosophical, a case in point that some wonder back, in other words; are humans really thinking or merely giving an answer to stimuli in an exceedingly predictable way?
Recently, there are some top scientists and computer engineers inside the field suggesting that mankind in the visit a thinking computer, true intelligence, has moved in the wrong direction, which a neural network, which may be considered a different configuration would be right, something less than dissimilar from how a Internet works where each point might do many calculations or different kinds.
Then there's another group insisting that true artificial intelligence needs a chance to forget to be able to be effective so it doesn't exhibit schizophrenic behavior (which was observed mind you), along with the power 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 isn't really thinking, and even though it will pass the Turing Test; a chance to fool a person's into believing it's actually a real person they are talking too. Yet, I'd advise a true thinking computer can think about the reverse, and realize whether it really is actually talking to a genuine human or speaking with another computer.
Perhaps in the foreseeable future all those lines can be so blurred as to make Turing Test irrelevant?
Indeed, there have been entire chains of AI computers which talk to one another in Internet Forums. It looks as if it is just a conversation between two different people, nevertheless the dialogue is entirely shallow, and no original thinking really, although some people might in the responses are interesting, some laughable, but humans too make stupid remarks often enough the other only should surf Facebook for 5-minutes to see that.
Will computers ever be capable of think? Well, assuming you mean; the best way humans think, the solution is yes, eventually.
Currently, it seems like the Turing Test has become achieved, however i ask is that the real test or threshold we should be considering. It is indeed my thought that not only can AI become aware, but it'll out think humans by combining good both worlds, likewise modified humans, "transhumans" if you will, coupled to computer devices can do the same, understanding that my buddies is only a few time. So, please consider all of this and think into it.