Thinking positively
Elroy Riggs
Cambellsville, Kentucky
…I got to thinking, what if the computer had won? What if a computer had taken on a human in the complicated game of chess and had beaten him? Wouldn’t this have been a horrible blow to our pride? If we couldn’t beat a computer at chess, at what else might this electronic gadget be superior in?
…I decided to make my own list of things computers can’t do. A computer can’t:
– Make chicken and dumplings like my mother did, thin and yet held together with chunks of chicken breast.
– Teach a small boy how to ride a bicycle.
– Console a friend.
– Pat me on the back for something done right.
– Sing “Amazing Grace” like Barbara Mandrell.
– Plant a garden.
– Do heart surgery.
– Tell funny stories like Jerry Clower.
– Win a hog calling contest.
– Write novels like Robert Ruark.
– Make homemade ice cream.
– Rock a grandbaby.
– Or hire a new coach for the Wildcats.
Here is the full article.
With all due respect, is thinking of all the things a computer can’t do “thinking positively” ?
im all in for positive thinking, but this article i found more like “look what we can that they can’t”
what about, thank computers for us to even be able to have this conversation
smiles 🙂
A computer/robot can or will soon be able to do a LOT of those things. Heart surgery? No problem!
When (not if) computers do learn to think for themselves and make their own decisions, is there anyone who thinks they’ll be content to stop at chess, in demonstrating their superiority over us pathetic humans?
Go see The Terminator, and/or The Matrix.
Why stop at computers? A phone book can ‘remember’ the address and phone number of every person in town and I can only remember a dozen or so of them at best. How come you never hear stories about people being jealous of their phonebooks?