Other recent advances in AI have been the creation of artificial neural systems (ANS) which has been described as “an artificial-intelligence tool that attempts to simulate the physical process upon which intuition is based—that is, by simulating the process of adaptive biological learning.” ANS, essentially, is a network of computers that are grouped together in ways similar to the brain’s configuration of biological processing lobes.
Even considering all of these advancements, many people are skeptical that a machine will ever replicate human cognition. Marvin Minsky, a scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, states that the hardest thing of all in the creation of artificial intelligence is building a machine with common sense.
Further Reading
Anthes, Gary H. “Great Expectations: Award Winning AI Scientist Raj Reddy . . .” Computer World (3 April 1995): 82.
Chartrand, Sabra. “A Split in Thinking among Keepers of Artificial Intelligence.” New York Times (18 July 1993).
Port, Otis. “Computers That Think Are Almost Here.” Business Week (17 July 1995): 68-73.
Wright, Robert. “Can Machines Think?” Time (25 March 1996): 50-58.
Taken from : The Gale Encyclopedia Of Psychology 2ND Edition - Bonnie Strickland
