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Can a machine know?
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... Let's start by defining the two main things being discussed here: knowledge and machines. What is knowledge? There seems to be no answer to this question yet, as there is no single agreed definition presently, nor any prospect of one, and there remain numerous competing theories 1. One of these, for example, is Plato's description, which states that it is a justified, true belief. This has been taken as the standard meaning, but does not necessarily indicate that it is the correct one. But it is the one going to be used in this essay. So in order for something to be counted as knowledge, it has to obey three aspects: it must be justified, true and believed. Now let us go on to define the next thing. A machine is scientifically known as a device that takes in some form of energy and changes it into another form that
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