2010-08-06

BBC World Service - News - Is it possible to teach a computer to be human

Every day computers are getting faster and faster, but are they ever going to get smarter?

Mike Lynch

Some say computers have reached the intelligence level of sea slugs

Autonomy is a search engine company which focuses on these questions.

They have had commercial success with their computers, which learn and give the impression of thinking in the same ways that people do.

So how do you teach a computer?

Mike Lynch is the company's CEO.

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First broadcast 28 July 2010

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