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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

11. What Computers Will Never Be Able To Do

Author : Thomas Tozer

Published in: Work in the Future

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Could artificial intelligence ever replicate all the abilities of humans? This question hinges on whether or not the mind is simply an advanced machine. If consciousness is non-physical then the mind cannot be reduced to a machine, and computers will never be conscious in the same way that humans are. The implications for employment and automation include the inability of computers to take on all empathetic and caring work roles.

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Footnotes
1
It should be noted, though, that these days the Turing test has generally been abandoned as the way to test intelligence (see New Scientist 2017: 4–5, 19, 65–67).
 
2
Or if there is, let the reader pen it in writing as an objection to this premise.
 
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Metadata
Title
What Computers Will Never Be Able To Do
Author
Thomas Tozer
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Work in the Future

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-21133-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-21134-9

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21134-9_11