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Turing’s Test

A Philosophical and Historical Guide

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Parsing the Turing Test

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We set the Turing Test in the historical context of the development of machine intelligence, describe the different forms of the test and its rationale, and counter common misinterpretations and objections. Recently published material by Turing casts fresh light on his thinking.

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    Jack Copeland & Diane Proudfoot

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Copeland, J., Proudfoot, D. (2009). Turing’s Test. In: Epstein, R., Roberts, G., Beber, G. (eds) Parsing the Turing Test. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6710-5_9

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