Can computers do what humans do?, a comparison between artificial intelligence and human intelligence

grantor: University of TorontoIs there a distinction between knowledge humans can acquire and/or generate and knowledge computers can acquire and/or generate? Unless taken in a metaphorical sense, in any contention about computers' "intelligence" there is an underlying assumption that computers somehow have "mind". The question is: what is the mind? We have to know what the (nature of) mind is before attributing intelligence to computing machines. That is why I will briefly try to examine the (im)possibility of knowing the nature of mind. Furthermore I will attempt to answer the question of whether computers or any other artifact can acquire and/or generate knowledge the way(s) humans do. This will be done by comparing and contrasting human problem capabilities and those of computers. In the end, I will try to emphasize that social interaction plays a significant role in the formation of the mind and the development of intelligence.M.A