thinking machine
Electronic reasoning device
A thinking machine is a computer or device capable of performing tasks that seem to require intelligence—solving problems, recognizing patterns, making decisions.
The term dates to early computing and artificial intelligence, when the question of whether machines could truly think sparked debate.
It now sounds slightly quaint, evoking mid-century optimism about technology: The old science fiction promised thinking machines by the year 2000.
- chipSmall broken-off piece
- supercomputersExtremely powerful computing machines
- humanoid robotsPeople-shaped autonomous machines
- neural networksLayered computational learning systems
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
mind-body problem · expert systems · chess computer · HAL 9000 · natural language processing · deep learning · decision theory · automaton · cybernetics · fuzzy logic · quantum computing · cloud computing · Turing test · robotic arms · microprocessors · pattern recognition · circuit · electronic brain
- AIAI, deep learning, algorithm, chatbot, neural networks
- artificial intelligenceAI, self-aware AI, digital mind
- DuneArrakis, Dune, Fremen, melange, Paul Atreides
- sentient beingshuman, person, adult, child, infant
- AndroidsData, Ash, Bishop, Rachael, replicant
thinking machinehuman brain
Neural organ enabling cognition
human mind · flesh and blood · human consciousness · human cognition · soul
thinking machinesimple machine
Force-multiplying device
mechanical device · dumb terminal · clockwork · lever · pulley
thinking machineintuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
gut feeling · instinct · creative spirit · imagination · emotional intelligence
think, thinking, thinker, thinks, thought, thoughtful, thoughtfulness, thoughtless, thoughtlessly