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Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)

  • Written by Tomas Fitzgerald, Lecturer in Law, Curtin University
Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)A brainy machine? Shakey, the world’s first AI-based robot.SRI International

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that the machines are taking over. What is less clear is whether the machines know that. Recent claims by a Google engineer that the LaMBDA AI Chatbot might be conscious made international headlines and sent philosophers into...

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