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This. Computers cannot, and do not, "think". They execute decisions that humans made and that are stored within them.
There is enough not known about what self-awareness is, heuristic decision-making, emotion, etc. that even if it was replicable (and there is NO evidence that it is), we would not know how to replicate it.
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I have a PhD in computer science and I have zero concerns whatsoever about the singularity.
This. Computers cannot, and do not, "think".
They execute decisions that humans made and that are stored within them.
There is enough not known about what self-awareness is, heuristic decision-making, emotion, etc. that even if it was replicable (and there is NO evidence that it is), we would not know how to replicate it.
You need to get out of 2001. Most big data hasn't functioned like that for years now. Modern computers are basically given LEGOs, shown by humans how to assemble them, and given examples of completed LEGOs as an end target. Via deep learning the machine learns itself, teaches itself, and improves upon what it's learned iteratively from there,
without the need for human input. It's maybe given nudges in the right direction if it goes in the wrong one.
We're still a long-ass way off from self-aware AI, but this nonsense I keep seeing bandied about how computers are still confined to if-then logic and only able to execute pre-programmed commands is like telling a modern shooter about how you'll never get the smoke out of black powder. The subject as you understand it moved on to new paradigms quite a while ago.