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Article 2715 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1992 13:27:28 -0500 
>From: Franklin Boyle <fb0m+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Searle, again

Daryl McCullough writes:

>Frank, I don't know what on Earth you are talking about. What computer
>simulation of digestion allows you to put real bananas and hamburgers
>in and get out energy and waste products?

You didn't say anything about eating and eliminating waste. You said
digestion. And your output was energy. If you want to include eating,
add a device controlled by the computer which takes in food (you can't
see it once it goes in), recognizes it via a video camera and recognition
software, and runs the appropriate digestion program, outputing the
appropriate amounts of energy.

Maybe you have something else in mind, but I think this passes the
"digestion Turing test", assuming its a test based on observed
behavior.

-Frank


