“I do two things. I design mobile computers and I study brains.”
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The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.
In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.
Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.