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Why are all the knowledgeable slashdotters still talking about this? We all know computers are more stupid than slugs. They only do what we tell them to do (except when something goes wrong with the hardware). Even a slug *might* have a cognitive decision making process. I say might because it could be that they just respond predictably to stimuli. I'm not a biologist.
A computer program is only as smart as the people who designed and wrote it and can only do what those people told them to do. Even AI programs are the same. The "A" stands for "Artificial". A computer may be able to do many billion instructions a second, but that doesn't mean its smart. Water passes over billions of molecules every second. That doesn't make it smart. (a poor analogy but it's 5pm on a Friday, so...).
A computer program is only as smart as the people who designed and wrote it and can only do what those people told them to do. Even AI programs are the same. The "A" stands for "Artificial". A computer may be able to do many billion instructions a second, but that doesn't mean its smart. Water passes over billions of molecules every second. That doesn't make it smart. (a poor analogy but it's 5pm on a Friday, so...).
