As technology has evolved, we have emerged from war-time mechanical machines, to supercomputers enabled by developments in silicon material.
The question of wether a machine can think is not new.  Alan Turing, a mathematician from Cambridge, UK, made a philosophical standpoint by presenting the popular theoretical test, the "Imitation Game" in his 1950 paper "Computing machinery and intelligence" \cite{TURING_1950}.  Wether the opponent is a computer or not, is decided by the interrogator which make a decision when the game ends. 
Technology is the triumph of humanity.
but about generating human cognitive capacity
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For all the justified concern over automation gone wrong, surveillance, and all the other tech-enabled horrors, it’s easy to forget that at its core, technology is about the triumph of humanity. Here is a powerful reminder: [https://onezero.medium.com/a-blind-man-sees-his-birthday-candles-again-thanks-to-a-bionic-eye-be0d3d987e48]
Turings machine

Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"