But this distinction does not really hold, because the finest example of a gestalt can operate without consciousness. It is the physiological functions of the human and animal body. The nervous system organizes the complex physical activities of the body as well as its cognitive ones. I shall not be concerned here with any details of the technicalities of computers but mostly with some of the principles inherent in today's practice. Computers serve today quite usefully to provide specimens from a large supply, such as showing on the screen a particular work of art drawn from an archive of art history, or fact they may provide a particular fact needed by a scientist.
Computers are also helpful in putting together groups of examples located at separate places.
They show the various aspects of a particular object, such as a building or its model as it appears from a varying distance or perspective. These accomplishments, however, are not cognitive. It is up to the user to make any intelligent applications. In order to test computers for any cognitive capacities, one has to provide tasks of problem solving. The chess game is such a subject.