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Why computers are never likely to be smarter than people

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Chairman of the British Computer Society Cybernetics Machine (specialist) Group, takes issue with Tom Stonier (AI & Society,2,133–139) on a number of his conclusions, in order to raise in debate many of the very important issues contained in Stonier's article.

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Marcer, P.J. Why computers are never likely to be smarter than people. AI & Soc 3, 142–145 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01891324

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