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Week 13: Journal Questions

1. Define the difference between weak and strong AI.
2. Some have argued that "Only when a machine feels things and is aware of its own actions and feelings--in short, is conscious--could we consider it to be actually thinking." Do you agree? Why or why not?
3. Mitchell states that "humans, in some deep and essential way, understand the situations they encounter, whereas no AI system yet possesses such understanding" (pg. 235). What are some of the building blocks she argues that an AI system will need to achieve such understanding?