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What Enables a Machine to Understand?

Aaron Sloman
IJCAI 1985 pp. 995-1001
doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.5188 /ijcai/1985/sloman1985ijcai-enables/

Abstract

The 'Strong AI' claim that suitably programmed computers can manipulate symbols that THEY understand is defended, and conditions for understanding discussed. Even computers without AI programs exhibit a significant subset of characteristics of human understanding. To argue about whether machines can REALLY understand is to argue about mere definitional matters. But there is a residual ethical question.

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Sloman. "What Enables a Machine to Understand?." International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1985. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.5188

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[Sloman. "What Enables a Machine to Understand?." International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1985.](https://mlanthology.org/ijcai/1985/sloman1985ijcai-enables/) doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.5188

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@inproceedings{sloman1985ijcai-enables,
  title     = {{What Enables a Machine to Understand?}},
  author    = {Sloman, Aaron},
  booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
  year      = {1985},
  pages     = {995-1001},
  doi       = {10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.5188},
  url       = {https://mlanthology.org/ijcai/1985/sloman1985ijcai-enables/}
}