Understanding the words is much less a problem than extending the computer's range of knowledge, says Mr Holthouse. The computer knows how to get you information on flights and it knows how to do a trade on the stockmarket, but if you ask the stock trade computer to give you flight information, you'll strike trouble. A Space Odyssey . We are understanding words, but also beginning to understand the same words in different contexts. Computers are very good at collecting, storing and collating information, but that is not knowledge.
Humans turn information into knowledge by reasoning and logic.
So far, computers have not been able to replicate the millions of neural firings in the human brain which create true intelligence. The Age Company Ltd 2001. Any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited.