Dear All,
Sonia Viera compared the question “Can machines design?" to Alan Turing’s (1950) question, “Can machines think?” This is an intriguing question based on an interesting analogy. While Turing addressed issues that Sonia seems to have overlooked, it was an interesting comparison. Mike Sellers took Sonia’s point seriously, and he made a good reply. He points out that no machine in over six decades has yet managed to pass the Turing Test, a well known concept in computing and artificial intelligence. The issues in Mike’s reply neatly summarised many of the issues in this thread.
Those who have never read Turing’s original article will find a copy in the “Teaching Documents” section of my Academia.edu page. It will be accessible through 12 midnight London time on Saturday, September 19, at which time I will delete it. Go to URL:
https://swinburne.academia.edu/KenFriedman
Ken
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Reference
Turing, A. M. 1950. "Computing Machinery and Intelligence." Mind, Vol. 59, No. 236 (Oct., 1950), pp. 433-460.
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