The Turing Test

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Verbal Behavior as the Hallmark of Intelligence

Stuart M. Shieber (Harvard University)

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Bradford Books
18 June 2004

Philosophy; Intelligence & reasoning; Artificial intelligence

Series: The Turing Test

Historical and contemporary papers on the philosophical issues raised by the Turing Test as a criterion for intelligence.

The Turing Test is part of the vocabulary of popular culture-it has appeared in works ranging from the Broadway play ""Breaking the Code"" to the comic strip ""Robotman."" The writings collected by Stuart Shieber for this book examine the profound philosophical issues surrounding the Turing Test as a criterion for intelligence. Alan Turing's idea, originally expressed in a 1950 paper titled ""Computing Machinery and Intelligence"" and published in the journal Mind, proposed an ""indistinguishability test"" that compared artifact and person. Following Descartes's dictum that it is the ability to speak that distinguishes human from beast, Turing proposed to test whether machine and person were indistinguishable in regard to verbal ability. He was not, as is often assumed, answering the question ""Can machines think?"" but proposing a more concrete way to ask it. Turing's proposed thought experiment encapsulates the issues that the writings in The Turing Test define and discuss. The first section of the book contains writings by philosophical precursors, including Descartes, who first proposed the idea of indistinguishablity tests. The second section contains all of Turing's writings on the Turing Test, including not only the Mind paper but also less familiar ephemeral material. The final section opens with responses to Turing's paper published in Mind soon after it first appeared. The bulk of this section, however, consists of papers from a broad spectrum of scholars in the field that directly address the issue of the Turing Test as a test for intelligence.

Contributors John R. Searle, Ned Block, Daniel C. Dennett, and Noam Chomsky (in a previously unpublished paper). Each chapter is introduced by background material that can also be read as a self-contained essay on the Turing Test

Edited by: Stuart M. Shieber (Harvard University)
Imprint: Bradford Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780262692939
ISBN 10: 0262692937
Series: The Turing Test
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 18 June 2004
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stuart M. Shieber is Harvard College Professor and James O. Welch, Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, at Harvard University.

Reviews for The Turing Test: Verbal Behavior as the Hallmark of Intelligence

...a fabulous collection of essays that address the much-debated Turing Test as a criterion for intelligence and discusses the future possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) in society. -- Biology Digest