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Humans Are Smarter Than Computers
Humans are obviously WAY smarter than computers... Anyone agree?
 arman1013  18 Jun 2008 03:08
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Yep, especially mine...
 
 Hermione82  05 Oct 2008 20:30
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Humans are smarter than computers because a computer is all about speed. It does something as fast as it can and does only that. Even then it can make mistakes. Humans however are more creative and, may take longer, can come up with better solutions. Humans are better. They always will be.
 
 Tromanator  05 Sep 2008 11:57
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Computers lack the skill of creativity. Humans trump computers!
 
 Balance_92  16 Aug 2008 16:36
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I agree. It's just that most humans do not apply the sort of knowledge that it takes to be smarter than a computer and computers are created by humans, are they not? It is known that an average human uses only about 10% of their brain power.
 
 JessicaR  05 Jul 2008 07:52
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 5% This whole argument is like trying to compare smarts of a human with a car.....it's a useful piece of equipment, but it has no intelligence and can't do anything without a human causing it to. I know I sat and watched my computer for hours........it never did anything.
by  paladen
 29 Aug 2008 02:20
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Yes, humans can think, whereas a computer is fed information and shows what the human wants. Example the human chooses the website not the computer
 
 kitten  04 Jul 2008 10:10
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Humans are smarter. A human brain is the strongest thing in the whole universe to me and the fact that computers cant think as a human brain does is what makes me say humans are smarter.

Yes, computers can be very sharp at times but that's the whole point why humans have brains, to think. And if computers cant do that, they would never be smarter than humans other than keep things in a status quo and do the things that they are programmed to do, no more to that, its like being young and not growing up
 
 harve  24 Jun 2008 00:58
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Yes. Humans are actually smarter than computer, but the sad thing is that many humans never tap into their true potential. Humans are the ones who create and run computers, so computers are products of the human brain. Without the human brain, the computers would never work. Computers cannot make decisions that effect their operation. Humans have the ability to decide situations that could affect their lives and well being. Therefore, I just think that computers are the product of human brains.
 
 BullDog  19 Jun 2008 01:45
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The simple fact that humans build computers and computers cannot do the same is a proof the humans are smarter than computers. A back hoe is stronger than I am but I am still the smarter of the two !
 
 Garamond  18 Jun 2008 13:12
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Computers are just a tool. They are no smarter than a hammer or a screwdriver. They cannot do anything but what they are designed to do. Maybe that will change someday but not yet.
 
 finsch  18 Jun 2008 07:59
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Because humans doesn't have the ability to search up information in there heads and so the need the computer to look up information
 
 JenRed  18 Jun 2008 21:38
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 Guess what i said humans with an S which means more than 1, and everything on the internet is made by humans so if you wanted to know sumtin that you can find on the internet i'm sure you can find it in a book or by going to the guy who wrote it hence making ur comment wrong...
by  arman1013
 22 Jun 2008 05:30
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Edit: This ought to have gone on the other side, blast.

It really depends how you determine "smart".

Consider someone educated to a degree standard, but knowing nothing about life, how to drive, how to interact with people, how to at all interact with anything except exam papers.

Then consider someone educated to high school standard, that has no degree but lives a normal life being able to make correct operational decisions in their daily life including their job, family, car etc.

Who is "smarter" ?

If you're meaning common sense/general knowledge, then obviously people are smarter as computers can't do anything other than what they are programmed to.

If you're meaning who is faster at mathematics, then obviously it is the computer.
 
 Snipex  18 Jun 2008 16:50
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 computers aren't "smarter" they already know a long list of answers and any question you ask them is simply looked up hence they cant do match at all...
by  arman1013
 22 Jun 2008 05:32
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Computers are only as smart as we program them to be. Nothing even resembling artificial intelligence has ever been created by us. Only within narrow niche areas, such as chess playing, where literally every possibility can be evaluated by a computer powerful enough and compared against obvious criteria of success or failure, can computers out-perform humans.

Iain M. Banks science fiction novels depict a society known as The Culture which is run by artificial intelligences, known as Minds, residing within giant spaceships the size of planets. The Minds were allowed to take control because they were obviously more intelligent than humans. The prospect seems appealing, as presented in the Banks novels, but we're a long way from realising it.
 
 Hidell  18 Jun 2008 12:31
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 um i believe that your still saying that humans ARE smarter, and NO computers don't know how to play chess, they simply follow rules like this:
if.(knight)
(queen)
if.(knight)
(queen)

hence the chess proggram is just as dumb as the chess ginius who programmed it OR they used one of those repremend-by-correction programs which i find to be even more of a waste of time!

and clearly you haven't programmed b4 because nearly every 3D game made is filled w/ AI, other wise if you were to attack a zombie almost nothing would happen, all that would happen is you would walk up to the thing, w/o AI there's no HP, random dmg calculator, movements, or FUN
by  arman1013
 18 Jun 2008 13:23
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Well i guess this matters entirely on what you mean by smarter.
1. More logical
2. More knowledgeable

1. Computer logic is sometimes flawed on real world terms but on computer terms its flawless unless programmed specifically flawed.
2. The computers own all human knowledge that enters the Internet. This does not mean that computers can use this knowledge to their advantage. Computers are just a storage place for knowledge.
 
 Smito  18 Jun 2008 05:27
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 yes true but they are stupider in both, a comp is only as smart as whet ever we tell it (through programin)
by  arman1013
 18 Jun 2008 13:24
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