Writting Assignment Pg 165 #1

In the article "Thinking Machines, Take Two" Wright is talking about the question that seems to be talked about more and more, "Can machines think?".  I think that the thesis of the essay has to do with the consciousness of computers and how there are different ways of looking at the consciousness.  In the article Wright uses examples of other to argue both sides of this question. Kasparov's example of himself playing the computer in chess is one way where Wright uses another to argue one side. Kasparov is trying to tell of how himself playing and beating the computer in chess shows that humans are smarter than computers.  On the other side, there is Chalmers who argues that his machine cog can process data just like a human.  This side of the argument also can make sense to anyone reading by the way Chalmers tells of how this robot processes everything with the feeling of pain and can always make rational decisions. Wright goes on to tell of his opinion on the topic where he takes somewhere of a middle ground saying there is some level of consciousness with machines. I think the thesis of the paper is well described and well argued on both sides.