Machines became faster, but not more intelligent. Is a human brain not a machine? http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/whatisai/node1.html http://www-formal.sta

Machines became faster, but not more intelligent. Is a human brain not a machine? http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/whatisai/node1.html http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/whatisai/node1.html Q. Are computers the right kind of machine to be made intelligent? A. Computers can be programmed to simulate any kind of machine. Q. Are computers fast enough to be intelligent? A. Some people think much faster computers are required as well as new ideas. My own opinion is that the computers of 30 years ago were fast enough if only we knew how to program them. Of course, quite apart from the ambitions of AI researchers, computers will keep getting faster. Q. What about parallel machines? A. Machines with many processors are much faster than single processors can be. Parallelism itself presents no advantages, and parallel machines are somewhat awkward to program. When extreme speed is required, it is necessary to face this awkwardness.