Last updated: 2 august, 2010 - 12:23 GMT
Is it possible to teach a computer to be human?
Every day computers are getting faster and faster, but are they ever going to get smarter?
Some say computers have reached the intelligence level of sea slugs
Autonomy is a search engine company which focuses on these questions.
They have had commercial success with their computers, which learn and give the impression of thinking in the same ways that people do.
So how do you teach a computer?
Mike Lynch is the company's CEO.
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First broadcast 28 July 2010
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