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No, Computers operate on an "Input-Output" function. You input a command, the computer processes it, and then displays the result on the screen. Although the computer can do a lot of things, it can't do anything if we don't tell it to.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoComputers process data, which is not precisely the same as thinking although it has similarities. Researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence are confident that if computers should ever have sufficiently good programs, they would become able to think. But that has not been achieved yet.
The difference between data processing and thinking is that when you are thinking, the data that you process has meaning; it has context, you can see how it relates to everything else that you think about or know. Data processing is a purely mechanical process which may produce results that are meaningful to the person using the computer but which mean nothing to the computer that does the data processing. Computers do not understand what they are doing, they just do it, somewhat in the way that a hammer driving in a nail has no understanding that it is driving in a nail, but does it anyway if the person swings that hammer in the right way.
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∙ 11y agoNo, most definitely not. The human brain has trillions of neurons that can transmit and receive linear analog signal levels.
Computers use millions to billions of digital switches. The two discrete states of each switch make the neuron computer, the brain, far superior to any digital computer.
Even if, and it will probably come to pass, computers were made of hundreds of trillions of transistor's, they are driven by software programs that guide the architecture to perform operations. This is mostly sequential.
They are working on neural networks for computers, which tries to simulate human thinking, but this is still insufficient in comparison to the operation of a human brain.
No telling where this trend will take us, but computers will always process data differently than the brain.
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∙ 16y agoNo computers cant think like people.
They can only make sophisticated decisions and compute difficult problems. They dont have brains like humans and therefore cant think like them.
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∙ 16y agoNo, a computer can not think. Everything a computer "knows" is programmed into the computer with high-tech softwere or other materials.
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∙ 14y agoNot in the way humans do. They are only capable of doing what they are programmed to do. They can make decisions based on criteria set by programmers.
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∙ 9y agoYes, they already made one.
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∙ 12y agono, computers can't think at all
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Do computers and iPod Touch have brains?
Yes but not like organic brains like us. Computers and iPod touch have brains that are made out of electronics.
Have animals got brains?
Yes. Almost all Mammals and Oviparous have brains. Like Humans.
Will computers be around in 2060?
of course they will, how do you think society and humans can survive without computers? they will be a lot different than today, that's for sure. like quantum computers or bio computers.
How many brains does a octopus have?
like humans octopus only have one brain
Why the mobil phone invented?
communication.....just like why do humans have brains
What do cow brains taste like?
There are several opinions on how a cows brains taste. Many people think that the cow brains taste like chicken or chicken skin.
Why are some Pets mean to Humans?
Most animals don't have advanced brains like humans, and so they don't realise they are hurting us.
Do larger dogs have larger brains?
I'd like to think so.
Why do people think that mummies will kill you?
they probaly like to eat your brains
How many brains do aliens have?
aliens are supposed have one brain like humans but we really never know cause most of us have never aliens before so its up to you to decide what you think
What is meant by coding in computers?
Computers aren't like humans. They can't just think, I need to do this, and then do it. They have to be taught how to do everything they do. That's what coding is. It's when someone puts a code into a computer to tell it what to do. This is also known as programming.
Why do we need computer languages?
So that we can write computer programs in a manner that humans can read. Computers "think" in one and zeros, and in a very logic based, linear fashion. Programming languages are a bridge between the way people think, and the ones and zeros that computers use. Programming languages also help programs think in a step by step fashion like computers do.
