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From: jqb@netcom.com (Jim Balter)
Subject: Re: Eliza (was Re: Are there non-humans lurking on Internet/Usenet?)
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In article <792232739snz@chatham.demon.co.uk>,
Oliver Sparrow <ohgs@chatham.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>If a chair can pass the emotional Turing test, then what does this tell us? 

Really, Oliver, has anyone ever concluded that the empty chair was more likely
to contain a human being than some other chair that *did* contain a human
being?  I (have come to) expect better of you.

All the chair tells us is that it can be helpful, when fantasizing, to have
a physical point of focus for the fantasy.  It tells us nothing of relevance
to c.a.p.
-- 
<J Q B>

