Republic of Uzbekistan Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education Samarkand State University Faculty of International Educational Programs Department of Computer Science and Programming Technologies independent work

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN HUMAN AND COMPUTERS

It is true that computers become smarter and more sophisticated as time passes. Characteristics which are very close to those of human beings are ascribed to machines and this is perceived as a potential threat. Think of The Terminator. Think of Chappie. Think of The Matrix. Think of all of those movies which depict worlds dominated by computers and artificial intelligence. People are no longer saying “Oh, computers are really stupid. They cannot really think. They cannot really understand. They cannot really read Shakespeare.” Quite on the contrary. Computers are clever and sometimes even cleverer than humans. The computer evolution never slows down and does not seem to be getting any nearer to settling down. Even though they are not entirely operating on human levels, computers progressively improve their intellectual activities and capabilities. But what is the common thing between them and humans apart from the fact that both of them are most valuable when they are working and being productive?

Learning
Just like people, machines can learn too. They gain knowledge and then they gain more knowledge on how to enhance what they already know. Some might argue that this is possible due to humans and the programming on computers but think of students and their teachers. Isn’t this exactly what happens in the humans-computers situation as well? One is the giver, the other is the receiver. The interaction between them and the outcome is what matters. And what is the outcome – computers being able to absorb new information and to reproduce it proactively thanks to algorithms such as “deep learning.” Watson and Deep Blue are typical examples of computers being able to learn and to outsmart humans. The formal one represents a chess-playing computer created by IBM, an American technology and consulting corporation. On February 10, 1996 Deep Blue played against the famous world chess champion Garry Kasparov and defeated him. Watson, then, demonstrated another set of artificial skillfulness and depth in the Jeopardy! show. It competed against two of the best contestants, Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, and managed to outplay them. Without human interference of course.