MACHINE-STATE- FUNCTIONALISM AND ARTIFICIAL卟 NTELLIGENCE If machine-state-functionalism is right, then the nature of human mind is nothing but a properly programmed Turing-machine. Since the machine-table is multiply realizable by different physical substrates, human mental states can be also implemented by a properly programmed digital computer. That means, machines can also think as we do. Or in other words, artificial intelligence is at least theoretically possible If machine-state-functionalism is right, then the nature of human mind is nothing but a properly programmed Turing-machine. Since the machine-table is multiply realizable by different physical substrates, human mental states can be also implemented by a properly programmed digital computer. That means, machines can also think as we do. Or in other words, artificial intelligence is at least theoretically possible. MACHINE-STATE-FUNCTIONALISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE