It is possible that a computer could potentially exhibit a form of intelligence, but the determining factor in this is whether it will be able to pose new problems that, upon finding a solution, could help it solve potential problems in the future.  Currently, the technology to do this is lacking, but that does not mean that it will never be possible to claim that a future computer will someday be able to think, yet an important issue to be realized is whether we will be able to recognize a thinking computer as such before we inadvertently destroyed it.  Current research on quantum computing. nanotechnology, and cybernetics may provide a key to creating an intelligent computer:  for example, if a person attaches an increasingly amount of neural implants to himself, until the amount of cybernetics performs much more functionality and greater structure than the human’s brain tissue, could it be said that the technology is providing intelligence to the person?  As well, suppose that nanotechnologists successfully create a machine that can reproduce, mutate and change its environment – could this not lead into an evolving structure that intelligence could emerge from?  Life has been shown to be incredibly good at adapting to the environment it finds itself placed in – it is indeed possible that computers could do the same, given enough time and advances in technology.