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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / c. Turing Test

[possibility of a machine passing itself as human]

6 ideas
A machine could speak in response to physical stimulus, but not hold a conversation [Descartes]
In 50 years computers will successfully imitate humans with a 70% success rate [Turing]
The Turing Test is too specifically human in its requirements [Kim]
A machine with a mind might still fail the Turing Test [Kim]
A fast machine could pass all behavioural tests with a vast lookup table [Block, by Rey]
The Turing test is too behaviourist, and too verbal in its methods [Lowe]