Computer Evolution Evidenced in the essays Toward An...

In the essay Toward An Intelligence Beyond Man’s by Robert Jastrow, the author showed his view on computer intelligence and predicted that computer intelligence will be a new kind of evolution. Jastrow stateed that computer nowadays is as intelligent as human brain; they can communicate with human, learn from experience, and raise logical questions. The more complex the computer, the better they imitate human. He predicted that computer will as important as life in future years. Then, Jastrow used the example of Arthur Samuel and IBM computer to show computers can learn faster through motivation, even they do not have emotions and drives as human do. He also points out that computer and human brain share some characteristics; they both†¦show more content†¦Levy said the years of making AI imitates human brain is over. AI nowadays aims to handle complicated task that human brain are unachievable. In the 50’s, scientists tried to imitate humans’ logic-bas ed reasoning but failed. In the 80’s, graduate students tried to develop AI’s own reasoning pattern. The AI researchers use algorithms to derive artificial intelligence, and the computer is very effective in running those programs. Besides, he showed a researcher in MIT develop AI in biological approach, by imitate physical behaviors of living creatures. Levy said the product of AI development appears everywhere, searching engine is one of the example. AI is not building the full function brain, but specifying in a certain ability or function. Another example is the car automatic braking system. However, by using an example of computer calculation Levy stated AI may sometimes unexplainable as it has different reasoning and logic pattern as human. He also thought AI may perform too fast and intelligent and they scare human. Someone doubts AI may turn out controlling human, but Levy thought we have to adapt AI. He thought it is irrelevant to fear the AI gone rogue as it becomes part of humans’ life. In his essay, Jastrow showed his prediction about computer intelligence will be a new kind of evolution and surpass human from 30 years ago. From Levy’s essay, its content had gave feedback to