The Synergy Between the Brain and Artificial Intelligence

According to Merriam-Webster, artificial intelligence is, "A branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers." Alternatively, the Encyclopedia Britannica deems AI to be, "The ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings." But these are very broad interpretations of a complex subject that are grossly insufficient to describe it. Alan Turing, one of the pioneers of the modern electronic computer, stated that in order for a machine to be considered capable of intelligent thought, it must convincingly imitate life. To this end he devised an elegant proof whereby a human interrogator blindly questions both a machine and a person to determine if their comparative responses betray the imitator.