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Schlinger, Henry D., Jr. – Behavior Analyst, 2012
Rachlin (2012) makes two general assertions: (a) "To be human is to behave as humans behave, and to function in society as humans function," and (b) "essential human attributes such as consciousness, the ability to love, to feel pain, to sense, to perceive, and to imagine may all be possessed by a computer'. Although Rachlin's article is an…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Philosophy, Cognitive Processes, Cybernetics
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Rachlin, Howard – Behavior Analyst, 2012
This essay uses the recent victory of an IBM computer (Watson) in the TV game, "Jeopardy," to speculate on the abilities Watson would need, in addition to those it has, to be human. The essay's basic premise is that to be human is to behave as humans behave and to function in society as humans function. Alternatives to this premise are considered…
Descriptors: Television, Programming (Broadcast), Games, Questioning Techniques
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d'Ydewalle, Gery; Delhaye, Patrick – International Social Science Journal, 1988
Describes artificial intelligence (AI) as the study of intelligence with the ideas and methods of computation. States that the goal is to make computers more intelligent and thereby uncover the principles that make intelligent behavior possible. Discusses knowledge representations, production (if-then) systems, and expert systems as forms of AI.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computers, Cybernetics
VanLehn, Kurt; And Others – 1982
Though cognitive science has given psychology a new, more detailed and specific way of expressing models of cognition, correspondingly detailed and precise arguments analyzing and supporting those models have not been forthcoming. Consequently, the new models often fail to meet the traditional criteria of scientific theories. Tools are available…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computation, Computers, Cybernetics
Elliott, John D. – 1988
This essay considers whether the brain can accelerate the speed with which it absorbs or dispenses information in ways similar to those of a computer, and, if so, whether any of these speed-up approaches increase the speed of the processing of the information in the brain. It is suggested that there are tasks for which speed is important in both…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Computers, Cybernetics
Sheridan, Thomas B., Ed.; And Others – 1987
This document attempts to identify and promote human factors research that would likely produce results applicable to the evolutionary design of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) national space station to be launched in the 1990s. It reports on a symposium designed to yield information applicable to future space systems. The…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Computers