Radical technique could lead to AI with human-like intelligence

It might seem like an idea out of science fiction, but the possibility of using potentially any material as a computer could soon become a reality. These alternative materials could be even better for developing artificial intelligence than existing computers. Some believe such AI could eventually have human-like intelligence and reasoning. Experts Mark Douthwaite, a PhD Candidate in High Integrity Systems Engineering, and Matt Dale, a PhD Student in Non-Standard Computation, both from the University of York, explain how this works in an article for The Conversation. It might seem like an idea out of science fiction, b ut the possibility of using potentially any materia l as a computer could soon become a reality.