Blog Assignment #5

When talking about robots many thoughts come to mind. They can be looked at as an advance in our electronic technology. But when further examining what robots can possibly do can be negative on humans. Firstly, advanced technology has great overall knowledge. It has the ability to be able to solve problems especially problems such as logical or mathematics. These artificial minds are able to solve any problem they are faced with, but do not truly think. Artificial intelligence is strictly programmed the information that it knows. According to Gelernter, artificial intelligence needs to have certain qualities such as free-association, hallucination, inhabit of its thoughts, and creativity in order to think like the human mind (Gelernter 202). These robots may be able to seem as though they grasp the information they are able to share, but they are merely repeating information it knows. The main quality that these robots lack is consciousness. As Gelernter states, "an artificial intelligent computer will experience nothing and be aware of nothing. It will say "that makes me happy," but it wont feel happy. Still: it will act as if it did" (Gelertner 207). Robots will be able to simulate an artificial consciousness and emotion because it was told to not because it truly has these capabilities. "The term “intelligence” is difficult to define and has been the subject of heated debate by philosophers, educators, and psychologists for ages.  Intelligence includes the capacity to learn, maintain a large storehouse of knowledge, utilize commonsense reasoning, apply analytical abilities, discern relationships between facts, communicate ideas to others and understand communications from others, and perceive and make sense of the world around us" (Artificial Intelligence 15). They lack true understanding of the information they share and the world around them.