Can Machines Truly Think
arXiv:1504.07571v12.9
Originality Synthesis-oriented
AI Analysis
It addresses a foundational philosophical problem in AI, but is incremental as it revisits existing debates without new empirical findings.
The paper examines whether machines can achieve or emulate thought through algorithmic procedures, but does not present specific results or numbers.
Can machines truly think? This question and its answer have many implications that depend, in large part, on any number of assumptions underlying how the issue has been addressed or considered previously. A crucial question, and one that is almost taken for granted, is the starting point for this discussion: Can "thought" be achieved or emulated by algorithmic procedures?