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• Can Computers Think?
  Wednesday, May 10, 2017

  1 Introduction The question of whether a machine - specifically a computer - can think is older than computers themselves. Especially in the mid-20th century, as the possibilities for programming artificial intelligence flourished, many voices emerged who believed they had found the answer to the question. In this essay, I would like to provide a brief historical outline of the discussion and then draw some personal conclusions. Since the scope here is by no means sufficient to provide even a glimpse, the reader is encouraged to pursue a more comprehensive examination of the subject in [7]. 2 The Beginning ”I PROPOSE to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?‘” — [9, p. 433] This is how A.M. Turing begins in 1950. Subsequently, the question is defined by Turing in various ways and the