Logical Reasoning

PT137 · S3 · Q25 Graham: The defeat of the world's chess

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Graham: The defeat of the world's chess champion by a computer shows that any type of human intellectual activity governed by fixed principles can be mastered by machines and thus that a truly intelligent machine will inevitably be devised.

Graham Adelaide

But you are overlooking the fact that the computer in the case you cite was simply an extension of the people who programmed it.

The defeat of the But you are world’s chess overlooking the fact champion by a that the computer computer shows in the case you cite simply an was extension of that any type of the people who human intellectual programmed it. activity governed by fixed principles can be mastered by machines.

Thus, a truly intelligent machine will inevitably be devised.

Evaluate

Denise and Reshmi agree that people decide whether to commit a crime.

25.

The statements above provide the most support for holding that Graham and Adelaide disagree about whether

  1. chess is the best example

    Too Strong

    Neither Graham nor Adelaide would agree that chess is the best example of such an activity.

    1% picked this

  2. chess is a typical example

    Too Strong

    Neither Graham nor Adelaide would agree that chess is a typical example of such an activity.

    1% picked this

  3. Correct

    a computer's defeat of a

    Why this is right

    Graham would agree with this statement, while Adelaide would disagree with it.

    Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    89% picked this

  4. intelligence can be demonstrated by

    Half Scope

    While Graham might agree with this statement, Adelaide does not address it.

    6% picked this

  5. tools can be designed to

    Too Strong

    Neither Graham nor Adelaide go so far as to suggest that tools can be designed to aid in any human activity that is governed by fixed principles. Graham discusses human intellectual activities, while Adelaide discusses a particular intellectual activity.

    2% picked this

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