Synthesized answer
The central thesis of "Mind Over Machine" is that human intuition and perception are fundamental to consciousness and cannot be replicated by computers [Passage 1]. Hubert Dreyfus argues that the current research program in artificial intelligence is "fatally flawed" [Passage 1].
Dreyfus posits that to achieve human-like intelligence in a device, it would need to possess a human-like "being in the world," which includes having a body similar to ours and undergoing social acculturation within a society [Passage 1]. This perspective helps to explain the practical difficulties encountered when implementing artificial intelligence algorithms [Passage 1].
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From the book
Title: Mind Over Machine by Hubert L. Dreyfus Description: Human intuition and perception are basic and essential phenomena of consciousness. As such, they will never be replicated by computers. This is the challenging notion of Hubert Dreyfus, Ph. D., archcritic of the artificial intelligence establishment. It's important to emphasize that he doesn't believe that AI is fundamentally impossible, only that the current research program is fatally flawed. Instead, he argues that to get a device (or devices) with human-like intelligence would require them to have a human-like being in the world,…