uncomputerlike

comparative more uncomputerlike · superlative most uncomputerlike

1. Not like a computer; having traits not usually associated with computers, such as self-awareness and emotion.

   Bias based on overapplication of the computer metaphor to a very uncomputerlike biological system...

   2004, William Hirstein, Brain Fiction

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   Hence the equipment and environment were designed to be reliable and quiet, and as uncomputerlike in appearance as possible.

   1974, Association for Computers, the Humanities, Computers and the Humanities

   Holly faded into focus on the sleeping quarters' vid-screen. 'Oi,' he said, rather un-computerlike, 'I've just opened the radiation seals to the cargo decks. […]

   1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

   […] or whether HAL has 'released' the tape to Bowman as a final, uncomputerlike gesture either of goodwill...

   1994, Michael Bérubé, Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics

   And if I didn't know better, I'd swear she just had a very uncomputerlike burst of pure, creative thought!

   1999, Ian Douglas, Luna Marine

   Hsu refutes Kasparov's controversial claim that only human intervention could have allowed Deep Blue to make its decisive, "uncomputerlike" moves.

   2002, Feng-Hsiung Hsu, Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion