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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Kort)
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Subject: Can Mathines Think?
Keywords: Searle, Chinese Room, Shannon, Churchlands, Scientific American
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Date: 16 Dec 89 15:22:26 GMT
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The current (January) issue of Scientific American carries back-to-back
articles by John Searle and Paul & Patricia Churchland on the topic
Can Machines Think?  Searle presents the case against strong AI, and
the Churchlands present the case for machine-based thinking.

In the same issue, readers will find a charming profile on Claude
Shannon, who also has something to say on the question of machine
thought.  Asked if machines think, Shannon answers, "You bet.  We're
machines, and we think, don't we?"  Dewdney's column this month is
on Cellular Automata.

--Barry Kort