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Thu 03 Mar 2003The next best thing to a brain?
Will computers ever be as clever as us? A DCU researcher believes so, reports Dick Ahlstrom
Television and films are littered with clever and articulate computers, but these systems are nowhere to be found in the real world. A thinking, reasoning, even emotion-feeling computer might become a reality, however, if artificial intelligence researchers join forces.
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