Question

Why are computers considered the most powerful thinking machines?

Answer 1

Answer:

Not sure “powerful” is the appropriate adjective in your question, but there is no doubt that a computer is a thinking machine, similar in principal to animals, especially vertebrates.

The architecture of the vertebrate brain (like that of humans and other apes) is however completely different from the Von Neumann architecture of man made stored-program, separate-memory computers.

Still, a computer, like a biological brain, thinks by analyzing sensory data against knowledge from past experiences to make appropriate decisions.

Biological brains have evolved to master learning from experience, so a new born baby (whether human or a lion cub) is actually rather helpless with the minimal programming that comes from its root coding in its DNA, which contains its prime directive to survive and replicate. Slowly through experience and examples from its parents it learns better skills.

Machine learning is in fact quite similar except the system is started (born) with a lot more data in its database. But it still learns from experience as its algorithms work with its growing database of new inputs as well as new decisions and outcomes.

Computers are designed to perform some task well, not to survive and replicate. So it can be very “powerful” in its thinking within a narrow scope (such as playing chess or avoiding collisions) but hopelessly helpless in just about any other task.

There is much myth and nonsense as to what is thinking, especially from a subjective human viewpoint, where we endow ourselves with special powers, but we and other animals are nothing but biological computers, albeit very powerful at survival, even a tiny fruit fly.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Concept Introduction:

The Von Neumann architecture of human-made stored-program, separate-memory computers is very different from the design of the vertebrate brain (such as that of humans and other primates).

Explanation:

We have been given a question about computers.

We have to find out why are computers considered the most powerful thinking machines.

Biological brains have evolved to master learning from experience, so a newborn baby (whether human or a lion cub) is actually rather helpless with the minimal programming that comes from its root coding in its DNA, which contains its prime directive to survive and replicate. Slowly through experience and examples from its parents, it learns better skills.

Final Answer:

Computers are designed to perform some task well, not to survive and replicate.

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