Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:06:26 08/05/02
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On August 05, 2002 at 15:59:29, Russell Reagan wrote: >On August 05, 2002 at 14:47:46, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>>Do computers make decisions? >> >>No programmers make decisions. The computer has no "thoughts" at all. >>Gates in the computer will be on or off. These can be performed using boolean >>logic, fuzzy logic or many other sorts of probabilistic tests to form a proposed >>answer to a question. > >Dann, > >I think computers make decisions, but may not be intelligent. I think there is a >difference between the two. For example, you say that a computer's decisions are >really decisions made by the programmer and the current state of memory. I don't >think that means that computers do not make decisions. For example, how did the >"state" of your brain get to be the way it is? It took inputs from it's >environment right? The computer can do the same thing, taking input from the >user, or from other input devices. I also don't agree with what you say about >"the programmer makes the decision." If that is the case, then humans don't make >decisions either, since clearly we aren't born with blank minds. There is some >code already in place when we were born. If the fact that the code to make the >decision was put into place by some other driving force means that the entity >does not make a decision, then humans don't make decisions either. That's what >came to mind when I read your post anyway. What do you think? I think when the computer says: "Launch the missile" It does not know what 'lauch' 'the' or 'missile' means let alone what it means in combination. Computers have absolutely no cognition of any thing at this point in time. Before long, that will change.
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