Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue Part 1: Alan Turing, Hypercomputation, Adam Smith and Next Generation Intelligent Systems

Abstract

In this article intelligent systems are placed in the context of accelerated Turing machines. Although such machines are not currently a reality, the very real gains in computing power made over previous decades require us to continually reevaluate the potential of intelligent systems. The economic theories of Adam Smith provide us with a useful insight into this question.

Keywords

• intelligent systems
• accelerated turing machine
• specialization of labor