Now your challenge is to do the same: follow the reasoning of the manager and solve the puzzle. What are the ages of these three sons? Explain your reasoning process in detail. What is human intelligence? What is artificial intelligence? Can two intelligent machines generate such a conversation? Why or why not?
- One of the reasons that problem solving is often difficult is that real-world problems are not so clearly organized. You should review all of the information that is provided, determine the implications of these data, and then see if you can make a connection between the goal and what you are given. Now read the following case, and then answer the questions:
Two friends meet on the street. They have not seen each other for many years. They talk about various things and then one of them says, “I heard that business managers are intelligent people. Since you are a business manager, I would like to give you a problem to solve. You know, today is a very special day for me. All three of my sons celebrate their birthday this very day! Can you tell me how old each of them is?”
”Sure,” answers the business manager, “but you will have to tell me something about them.”
”OK, I’ll give you some hints,” replies the father of the three sons, “The product of the ages of my sons is 36.”
”That is fine,” says the manager, “but I’ll need more than just this.”
The father looks around. ”The sum of their ages is equal to the windows in that building.” Says the father pointing at a building next to them.
The manager counts the windows and then replies, “Still, I need an additional hint to solve your puzzle.”
”My oldest son has blue eyes.” Says the father.
”Oh, this is sufficient!” exclaims the manager, and he give the father the correct answer: the ages of his three sons.
- Now your challenge is to do the same: follow the reasoning of the manager and solve the puzzle. What are the ages of these three sons? Explain your reasoning process in detail.
- What is human intelligence? What is artificial intelligence? Can two intelligent machines generate such a conversation? Why or why not?
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