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"Can Computers Think?" Part III: Implementation.
Kugel, Peter – Creative Computing, 1979
The capability of computers and their potential for thinking are discussed. (MK)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
The Controversy Goes On--"Can Computers Think?" Part I: Background.
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Kugel, Peter – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1985
The controversy over whether or not machines can think has attracted the attention of philosophers, psychologists, neurologists, computer scientists, and writers of science fiction. Various topics and issues related to this controversy are discussed, including turing machines and the relationship between computer history and mathematical…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computers, Higher Education
The Controversy Goes On--"Can Computers Think?" Part II: What Is Thinking?
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Kugel, Peter – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1985
The nature of thinking is the subject of this second part in a series which is examining various topics and issues related to the controversy of whether or not computers can think. Suggests that intelligence is the ability to develop general ideas and not the ability to apply those ideas. (JN)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computers, Higher Education
The Controversy Goes On--"Can Computers Think?" Part I: Background.
Kugel, Peter – Creative Computing, 1979
Background material related to this controversy discusses four points of view and moves to an examination of Turing's formulation of the question. (MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computation, Computer Science, Computers