1)Can A Computer Think?
Can does a computer think? I say "No". Will a computer be able to think in the future? This answer is of course "No". In my opinion, "thinking" is the only skill which imperfect things can obtain. "Thinking" occurs because of curiosity and sense. In the case of human beings, when they face something, their curiosity appears and they try to clarify what it is by using five senses. Because they are imperfect, they want to know something which tempts them. During this process, "thinking" occurs. If they face something but they have already known what it is exactly, they do not think anything about the object. Meanwhile, when they face unknown or unexpected experience, they try to clarify what it is even if the object might cause pain. In thins case, they must "think" about something before they try to clarify. This "something" is based on the past experiences which they felt by five senses. This is memory for sure. Then, I consider whether a computer can "think" or not. Does a computer has any curiosity, senses or memories? I can say that a computer has memories, but cannot have any curiosity and senses. Because computers are the thing which has been already perfect. In other words, even if they had curiosity and senses, these two things are programmed before they are produced. Such curiosity and senses are based on the programmer's experiences. How about their memories? In the case of human beings, the capacity of memories is unlimited. On the other hand, computers' memories are limited because of the perfect existence. And the process of their memories is that they can only accumulate memories in the limited capacity. When the capacity is almost full, they just say they cannot memorize anything soon. This action is not "thinking". In addition, computers cannot reflect their memories into several cases. This is the proof that a computer can not do "thinking".
2)What is the difference between thinking and processing information?
As I said the above, "thinking" is based on curiosity, senses, and memories. And unlimited memories stimulate the action, "thinking", and the action occurs normally when the fundamental three things appear. On the other hand, "processing" is the decided action sequences. In addition, "processing" means that it has already been programmed. In other words, if "processing" faced unexpected experiences, it cannot work. To sum up the difference between "thinking" and "processing", "thinking" is unlimited and occurs unintentionally, but "processing" is limited action and occurs intentionally.
3)If a computer with artificial intelligence such as Hal was in conflict with a human, what advantages would it have? What advantages would the human beings have?
I consider what the merit and demerit of computers are. I think the merit of computers are their action speed. They can calculate, translate, and do any other programmed actions when they are ordered. The demerit of computers are that they cannot correspond irregular orders. If the conflict between human beings and computers occurs, only when computers became uncontrolled. So, uncontrolled computers might kill human beings because of their mistakes. But uncontrolled computers is not the same as that they have their own mind, I think(I am very sorry for Mr. James Cameron and any other related persons of the movie "The Terminator" series). But if it is the case that the conflict occur, the advantage of computers is its accuracy. When a computer and a person compete by using guns, a computer definitely kill a human. On the other hand, a person might mistake to pull the trigger or to shot exactly. As I said the above, computers cannot think, but can proceed any processes immediately with mass programming instead of thinking. So, they can acknowledge what and how they should do next with unbelievable speed. Human beings cannot do the same as the computers. But, as I mentioned, people can think what the useful procedures are. They can learn something from their mistakes. Human beings might face numerical inferiority, first. But they can absolutely consider the better plots day by day. I do not understand what the consequence of the conflict is, but I believe that human beings never abandon the computers' attack. So, the advantage of a computer is its accuracy, and the advantage of human beings is definitely "thinking".
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