On Why Machines Can Think

How can we think about thinking in the simplest way possible?

In the 17th century, René Descartes introduced a relatively new idea — the dictum “cogito ergo sum” (“I think, therefore I am”). This simple formulation served as the basis of Western philosophy and defined for centuries our ideas on what constitutes the essence of being a human.

Since then, our understanding of what it means to be a human evolved. Yet, …

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