
316 ◾ Computational Thinking for the Modern Problem Solver
In addition to intelligence there are also other human characteristics
that are dicult, if not impossible, for modern computing systems to
duplicate. It is dicult to imagine how a computer program could dupli-
cate things like creativity or emotion. On the other hand progress is cer-
tainly under way to duplicate the human sense of sight, hearing, speech,
touch, and smell. ere is even a subeld of computer science named “arti-
cial intelligence.”
10.8 WHEN WILL YOU EVER USE THIS STUFF?
Modern media, be it popular writing, movies, or television, oen leaves
the impression that a ...