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Thread ID: 29423 2003-01-19 09:51:00 Is a computer a machine? seacrest (2893) Press F1
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115288 2003-01-20 02:28:00 dictionary.reference.com says a machine is:

"A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task: The machine is down."
crozier (2004)
115289 2003-01-20 03:49:00 Yes it is at the moment ,
who knows what they will become in 100 years or so they may well gain autonomous ,independent action , the ability to learn from their mistakes and to correlate data in a intuitive way. What is a definition of of intelligence today may have to be drasticaly modified ,no one believed computers would beat human chess masters 20 years ago today its a fact that thru sheer number crunching power and clever programing few people can compete against a PC based chess program.
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