Strong AI

Strong AI is a hypothetical form of artificial intelligence that can truly reason and solve problems; a strong AI is said to be sapient, or self-aware, but may or may not exhibit human-like thought processes.

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Artificial intelligence - Reason - Solve problems - Sapient

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The term strong AI was originally coined by John Searle and was applied to digital computers and other information processing machines. Searle defined strong AI:

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John Searle - Computers - Information processing

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:"according to strong AI, the computer is not merely a tool in the study of the mind; rather, the appropriately programmed computer really is a mind" (J. Searle in Minds, Brains and Programs. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 3, 1980).

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