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>From: gudeman@cs.arizona.edu (David Gudeman)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Intelligence Testing
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Date: 28 Jan 92 08:09:32 GMT
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In article  <1992Jan27.225454.1257@mp.cs.niu.edu> Neil Rickert writes:
]In article <11927@optima.cs.arizona.edu> gudeman@cs.arizona.edu (David Gudeman) writes:
]>In article  <1992Jan26.220013.7722@mp.cs.niu.edu> Neil Rickert writes:
]
]>]  The Turing Test is an attempt at
]>]the first approach.
]>A failed and groundless attempt.  I'm still waiting for someone to
] This is a rather surprising statement.
] Perhaps you know something I don't.

You might at least consider the possibility.

]  But, to the best of my knowledge,
]so far every machine which which has passed the Turing Test is one which
]you would consider intelligent (that's the empty set)...

Cute but pointless.

] I agree this falls far short of a validation of the Turing Test.  But it
]is somewhat premature to call it "failed and groundless".  Unless, of course,
]you have a totally closed mind.

Yes, I guess I do.  What open-minded person would be so contentiously
unwilling to accept appearence as substance?  And how can I be so
close-minded as to accept the possibilities while withholding my
belief, subject to more evidence or a cogent argument?  What a cad I
am.  Surely I would be a better and more open-minded person if I would
simply and blindly believe whatever vague generalizations and weak
analogies you care to put forth.
--
					David Gudeman
gudeman@cs.arizona.edu
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