Science: Creative Electronics

Some scientists say that electronic apparatus may eventually learn to think. Some say no. Dr. E. W. Engstrom, head of the Laboratories Division of Radio Corporation of America, belongs to the yes or gee-whiz faction.

Said Engstrom last week at a Chicago conference: "Electronics, with its unlimited ability to count, remember and control ... is ... literally asking to take over certain duties which have been performed by men's minds—thinking processes. What man can conceive, comprehend and perform, he will be able to construct in electronic systems to do his bidding, and the electronic performance will be at least as effective as...

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