Eli5 how computer could help more than human brain or solving different problems if everything inside it has been installed by humans
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Speed, mainly.
A computer can’t really do anything that a human can’t do, but it _can_ do those things millions of times faster than a human can do them. That means that it can accomplish tasks that would be unreasonable to expect a person to be able to do in a normal amount of time.
The human brain is very good at solving problems that are necessary to survive. Like, estimating the path of an object moving through a 3 dimensional space on human size and speed scales. Our brains have this innate understanding on the physics of an object the side of a rock flying though the air, and calculate it’s path without us even realizing it.
There are calculations on huge scales (the universe) and tiny scales (quantum) where we just literally can’t truly comprehend it clearly in our heads.
Computers are also really good at lots of relatively simple calculations all at the same time. Before “computer” was a machine, “computer” was a job that a person did, they literally computed things as a job.
Let’s distil your reasoning:
What humans build cannot exceed what humans already do.
Computers exist to process data and to automate tasks.
Humans build computers.
Therefore computers cannot process or automate in a way that exceeds what humans can already do.
See the error?
Machines make things easier. Humans build bicycles, but cannot run as fast as bicycles can travel. Humans build airplanes, but humans cannot fly.
Humans build machines that process data and automate tasks far in excess of what humans alone can achieve.
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