Comment Re:a good quote (Score 1) 472
I think what Dijkstra means is: once we find a satisfactory solution to the problem of AI (or to put it simply - making a computer "think"), the way it will do this will be drastically different from the way we humans or other living things do it. At that point it will not matter to discuss whether computer "thinks" or not...
He uses submarine-fish-swimming but one can also use plane-bird-flying as analogy (car analogy left as exercise to the audience).
Disclaimer: Of course, this is my personal guess. He might have some other thing in his mind, too.