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From: 93funkst@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (FUNK STEVEN LESLIE)
Subject: Re: Reply to Loebner
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Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 13:20:46 GMT
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Hi Folks,

	As a Cog Sci student, graduated and on my way home today.  I can
only say that they Turing test competition is nothing more then a
publicity stunt.  I believe it was the Chinese Room thought experiment
which showed that acting intellegent does not mean that you are
intellegent.  So, in the end I can only think of one possible, real,
advancement that could come out of this.  That would be a very nice
natural language interface.  Apart from that it serves no real purpose.
I can not see how any serious researcher might take this seriously. 

Just my two cents worth.

Steve
