The argument exists that a computer can only do what it is programmed to do and nothing more. This is known as the Obedient Slave Argument or the Lady Lovelace Objection. The theory behind this particular argument is that no matter what a computer is capable of doing no matter how big the task, it is limited to that particular job. A program is written with specific parameters and the bounds of those parameters are …showed first 75 words of 620 total…

…showed last 75 words of 620 total…was able to learn my speaking patterns, thus improving the accuracy of the programs ability to follow my commands without error. A program that is able to learn the way that I speak. Learning is a major component of intelligence. When talking about a living, breeding, self sustaining organism that is man made you must think outside of the proverbial box. You cannot think of a machine breeding in the same way that humans do.