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Computers are found everywhere in today's world. Everyone uses a computer. At least once a day we use a bank ATM machine, a grocery store scanner and register, a car, and a microwave. The list of computer controlled systems is immense. Personal computers have become common household items, and more people interact with computers at a personal level. The demand for better computer technology does not stop at the hardware. The software, the programs that run the computer, needs to interact more easily with its environment and its human users. With today's ever accelerating advances in science and technology it is becoming increasingly achievable that we may soon gain a complete understanding of human intelligence and consciousness. With this understanding it seems reasonable to assume that it will then be possible to build artificial machines whose intelligence matches, and possibly even exceeds, that of humans. The study of artificial intelligence has provided better programming techniques for building smarter computer systems. Can computers become intelligent? Is this really possible and if so, how? Scholars of all fields bo