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The idea that machines may possess intelligence reflects our collective historical experience with computers. Both the term “machine intelligence” and the term “artificial intelligence” are derived from work with computers. The contemporary conception is that computers show the possibility of engaging in intelligent behaviour, and when they do, we will have created an artificial intelligence — an intelligence based on information processing carried out by machines. Thus Marvin Minsky (1968) defines “artificial intelligence” as: “the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men”.
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Stonier, T. (1992). The Evolution of Machine Intelligence. In: Beyond Information. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1835-0_6
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