Created | Updated Apr 8, 2002
A computer or computer program with the ability to compute in a way that simulates human thought. Also the name of the branch of computer science which seeks to achieve this feat.
Considering the quality of some human thought, becoming artificially intelligent may not be in a computer's best interest.
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