Some philosophers, including John Searle, say that computers are not really intelligent. Rather, they just simulate intelligence. However, it could be argued that, just as computers are programmed to respond in different ways to different commands, so human beings are 'programmed' by society, and education, to perform certain tasks. For example, we are programmed to do complicated things like speak a language, as well as more simply things like brush our teeth.
What are your thoughts on this comparison? Is there any difference between the programming of computers, and the 'programming' of humans by society
I think that this is a pretty good comparison between human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Computers are programmed to respond a certain way and although I think that humans are conditioned to react and behave a specific way by society. The similarities between the programming of computers and the so called "programming" of humans by society are the people that might be programming the computers are programming them with the same commands that would be acceptable by society's standards. I agree that computers are not really intelligent, they just simulate intelligence. I don't believe that their intelligence is solely dependent on that alone. The difference between the programming of computers and the "programming" of humans by society are a person's emotions that play a distinct role in contributing to their intelligence. I think that emotions and ethical values also play a huge role in determining a persons intelligence while computers and artificial intelligence do not exhibit any emotions or values at all. I believe that the feelings, values, and our consciousness are what distinguishes human intelligence from artificial intelligence.
THose are both excellent examples of things that seem to pose problems for AI systems. It's hard putting our finger on exactly what it is that makes us able to do this, but these are distinctly human behaviors
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