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Research into artificial intelligence will fail to produce truly intelligent machines unless the focus of the discipline is radically changed. Progress has been made in creating devices of tremendous computational sophistication, but the present focus on computational ability to the exclusion of other abilities will produce devices only as capable of displaying true intelligence as a human being would be who was completely devoid of emotional and other noncognjtive responses.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion argued for above?

(A) The current focus of research into artificial intelligence will produce devices no more capable of displaying true intelligence than a person would be who lacked emotions and other noncognitive responses. - WRONG. Using 'will' creates a wrong picture. It leads to a certainty which argument never achieves but only anticipates.
(B) If the current focus of research into artificial intelligence is not radically changed, this research will not be able to produce machines capable of true intelligence. -
(C) Despite progress in creating machines of great computational sophistication, current research into artificial intelligence has failed to fulfill its objectives. - WRONG. It goes in future wherein the research is complete and further inferences are made.
(D) The capacity to express noncognitive responses such as emotion is at least as important for true intelligence as is computational sophistication. - WRONG. Diverts from the core of the argument. Its not about the comparison between the two but both together are required to support the conclusion.
(E) If a machine is not capable of producing human like noncognitive responses, then it cannot be regarded as truly intelligent. - WRONG. Exactly the opposite what argument seeks to express.

The problem one may face is in understanding the passage as follows:
1. Is the first sentence the conclusion which is supported by rest of the passage?
2. Is the first sentence a base argument around which further illustration is given and for which a conclusion is seeked?

Finally, how to interpret the question stem. I misunderstood it and thought it is looking for a conclusion, eventually eliminating B for it is reiterating what the first sentence is saying. Thus, fell for A after paying much attention to B.

Answer B.
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I am failing to understand the reason why A is wrong.

Can someone please help?
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(B) accurately reflects the main conclusion: the necessity for a change in focus for AI research to produce truly intelligent machines.
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