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From: myoung@ace.acadiau.ca (MARK YOUNG)
Subject: Re: Losing the Loebner Competition Forced me to Re-evaluate my Humanity
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Ian Clarke:
>> [Turing] never intended this test to be used as a test for
>> intelligence.

Gareth Rees:
> Turing called his original paper on the Turing Test (he called it the
> "imitation game") "Computing Machinery and Intelligence".  The first
> sentence is:

>   I propose to consider the question, "Can machines think?"

> It is clear from the discussion in the paper that by "think" he means
> "to possess the mental attributes of humans": that is, to be
> intelligent, to be conscious, to have emotions, and so on.

It is clear from the discussion in the paper that by "think" Turing meant "to 
achieve its purposes through a sophisticated consideration of the effects its 
behaviour has on the world -- namely, the thoughts of another intelligent 
being."  Intelligence:  yes.  Consciousness, emotions, and so on:  not 
pertinent.  Immitation of consciousness, emotions, and so forth:  yes.

...mark young
