Blog Post #6

In David Gelernter's " Dream-Logic, the Internet and Artificial Thoughts" he writes about many of his pessimistic views about robots one day becoming more intelligent them humans. The author states "The thinker inhabits his thoughts. No computer will be able to think like a man unless it, too inhabits its thoughts" (Gelernter 203). What Gelernter is trying to say is that computers are programed to know certain type of information and humans have to program the computers. So whatever the computers know humans will already know in advanced. Another quote that the author uses is "No computer will be creative unless it can simulate all the nuances of human emotion" (Gelernter 205). Gelernter is trying to say that computers will never be like humans because they will never be able to show creativity.

In a clip from one of my classes we were introduced to a robot called Watson. This is a robot that can access information from different search engines and answer questions that you ask it. In the clip I have seen Watson was on a game show called Jeopardy. Jeopardy is a game show that gives you answers to a question. But you have to say the question. The robot won against two humans. Yes I do agree that technology will be very advanced in the future but, a computer will always need a human to program it to get that information. Also if Watson did not win I am pretty sure that he would not feel sad or disappointed as much as his creators will be.