Lesson 10 Can Computers Think Can computers think

Lesson 10. Can Computers Think? Can computers think? Yumi was curious to know about it. So she borrowed a book from Cathy, and read the following. Today, people have so much work to do. People's brains are really wonderful, but they cannot do everything. They sometimes need help in thinking. So people use computers. Whether you believe it or not, computers can think. That's why people are calling them thinking machines. This may not be a bad name for them. But they do not really think as we think. They use only the bits of information that are given to them. Computers are made by people, are used by people, and cannot work without people. In short, they cannot think for themselves. These days, we are using computers to do many kinds of work. Computers are used to run machines and factories. They are also used for writing and teaching. And computers are widely used as communication tools. By using computers, we enjoy websites and exchange e-mail messages. Indeed, we are now living in the computer age. We can hardly do anything without computers. And who knows whether computers will think for themselves before long? widely 넓게, 널따랗게, portable 운반[이동]할 수 있는; hardly 거의 ∼하지 않다 lead 인도하다, 이끌다 208 comic 희극의; 만화잡지[신문]