Laura asked:

Has technology surpassed human intelligence?

I did a search and found something along the lines of my question. But I was wondering if you had
anything else because it wasn't really on the same lines — the answer I found was to the question
"Will the human mind surpass technology?" (Answers 9).

Technology has surpassed man's capacities for calculation and deduction. The computer which beat
Kasparov at chess will have been programmed by several people, so it would be making use of the
deductive ability of several minds. The computer's ability could, in theory, be matched by an
extremely intelligent human. It is unlikely though. A computer could be programmed to translate
English into every other language and perform without error, but this would not be expected of a
person.

A computer functions purely deductively without the interference of instincts and emotions, so it is
more likely to be error free. On the other hand, it is not going to come up with novel ideas unless
these are computed from information programmed in.

Rachel Browne