Making IT Count
The word “Artificial” is used in one sense when it is applied, say, to flowers, and in another sense when it is applied to light.
In both cases something is called artificial because it is fabricated, but in the first usage artificial means that
the thing seems to be, but really is not, what it looks like.
Sokolowski (1988)
“Natural and Artificial Intelligence” Daedalus 117/1
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Artificial Intelligence

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Julia
Hi Sam, can I bother you for a minute?

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I don’t know about the mind in general, and the “laws of thought”,

Sam
but a computer is definitely conditioned by its basic architecture

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Julia
last question: why do we call it “artificial” if it just works like human intelligence? 😅

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Sam
Happy to hear it! 😊Let me know how it turns out!
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