will a computer ever be able to think for itself and even program another computer?
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i dont think there's any way for that to happen. All computers are, are our knowledge. all we do is program them. they cant think for themselves. all they are is a bunch of 1's and 0's.
151514
computers can do complicated tasks, but as far as I now computers can not think in the way that human do, we are still superior.
329461
No more than a pen or pencil can write.\n\nThe machine is simply a tool, it will be able to only execute the instructions that it has been designed and programmed to execute - nothing more, nothing less.\n\nIt all depends on your interpretation of the word "design". I would say that with the current available technology, no they can't design. They can simply explore the universe of possible designs given to it explicitly or implicitly by a programmer, evaluate each candidate design using a set of metrics given to it by a programmer, and select the best one.\n\nIn my book, this is not design, it is a search.
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No.  But I do think we will be able to bypass certain types of brain damage with chips (processors) implanted in the brain.  There were some tests being done on this and I can't find the link anymore (figures) but they have expirimented with linking your brain to a computer, it works... the interface is slow... but it works.  And someone who had brain damage (forget what type) is now living a fairly normal life because a chip in their brain has taken over the function of the damaged part.
212259
the brain is capable of processing 400,000 bits of information a second,we process 2000 what does that tell you?consciously trying to solve two difficult problems at once is unlikely.Good Luck
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You can use nano-technology to have robot's teach themselves. This is true. But they will be teaching themselves things like, "Don't weld at that angle, too much splatter" or "There's an object there, don't vacuum there." Humans must limit the initial programming that is given to the robot. If you limit their logical rules to never try to rationalize ethical actions, there won't be any issues. I promise. (Yes, I know, "No takebacks!")
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That question does not make a lot of sense. There are no programs on a computer that cannot be controlled by someone. You can turn the computer off, thereby controlling them all.
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I dont think So\n\nIt is possible only Physicaly not through any command.
918201
isnt that what a computer do?
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Designing a computer is one thing, calculating is another.\n\nAt the beginning, there was the brain. Then the tools. then blah blah blah came the first calculator. It was crap and slow. To make a long story short humans have become pretty decent computer/chips designers by focusing on making them as fast as possible.\n\nBecause they are manufactured according to well-known laws and scalable processes, It has been possible to multiply exponentially the "speed" of computers over the last few decades, but no one has figured out yet how to do the same with the brain. \n\nBrain best practices, if they exist, are difficult to document, share, improve and preserve (it takes years to learn how to meditate properly, for instance, and when ). Chip/Computer/Software development, on the other hand, can regularly and consistently be improved upon.
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It works fine.  The software (programs) tell the hardware what to do, and the hardware does it. \n\ncouldn't be simpler. \n\nCheers!
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With the current hardware technology about to reach its outer limits of physics will the next revolution be in streamlining software? \n\nI have worked in technology since the ‘60’s. In the 60’s it was not uncommon for a major company to run its payroll programs on machines with as little as 16 kilobytes of main memory. I know that the missions to the moon were calculated on computers with one megabyte of main memory or less. Today we are looking at machines with 4-8 gigabytes of memory and it takes 5-minutes just to boot up a PC. It looks like there is plenty of room to improve operating systems and applications.\n\nGranted today’s computers have slicker user interfaces and are easier to use by the general public, but they have become very inefficient users of software. The object code era has allowed really poor coding to become imbedded in most of today’s applications. \n\nOnce the hardware reaches the point where adding processors adds zero throughput won’t it be time to take a look at the sloppy code written over the past twenty-five to thirty years? Isn’t there room for a revolution in software redevelopment?
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If it can't spell its own name correctly (ACQUIRED) I don't see how it will learn to spell computer...\n\nHowever if you are talking about an AI system, spelling is a rather simple task not requiring much in the way of knowledge.  A simple look up of valid words will do it...
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A computer cannot be smarter than a dog.  Even artificial intelligence is just that - artificial.  All man-made.  A computer requires input from the start of it's existence in order to operate.  A dog is born with instincts, and always has a choice in what it does.  A computer is forced to do what it's told.  Even if it seems not to want to (due to errors, etc)...the fact that it refuses is still due to programming input.\n\nThough, depending on what you believe about higher beings and God, etc - the two things seem very comparable (i.e.  humans program computers - God programs life).  They seem similar, but are not.  Living things have a conscience and free will - a computer does not.
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i believe it is possible. we use less than 10 % of our brain. it is believed that if we could use more then we could fly, move things with our minds, and read peoples thoughts.
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Others have wondered whether or not downloading the contents of one's brain into an ultra-high-capacity chip would allow for the continuation of the consciousness. Arthur C. Clarke seems to think so. I'm not so sure, but it is an interesting Q.
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its a very broad question.  \n\nthe human mind is incredible for retrieving information with details, associating picture memory, with smell and words. how things feel taste..  It also is wonderful for imagining things concepts and creativity.  the human brain has the ability to adapt to things and reason, it can think concepts and fiction.\n\nComputers work differently, they are good at remembering things that have no pattern simply electrical charges in a set order.  A machine designed to keep refreshing that information.  sensors can input information, but the more complex the info the more computing power needed to make sense of it.  \n\ncompare a computer driven car compared to a fighter pilot.  the incoming information in shear data what your brain receives from the senses and throws away useless info before you even realize you saw it.   \n\nYour eyes take in everything.  you brain ignores anything it doesnt feel important.  computers didnt get there yet.