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>From: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly)
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Subject: Re: Multiple Personality Disorder and Strong AI
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And what of the Turing Test?

The existence of different "modes" (or distinct personalities) should
infer that the Turing Test will fail unless a distinct personality
(for the entity hidden behind the teletype) can be found by the human
tester. For example, try a sexist or racist joke.

MPD has been discussed at length in sci.psychology recently.

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