The Turing Test. The Elusive Standard of Artificial Intelligence.

. Ed(s): Moor, James H.

ISBN 10: 1402012055 / ISBN 13: 9781402012051

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003

About this Item

Offers an assessment of the classic topic - Turing Test in artificial intelligence. This book elaborates the numerous conflicting points of view on many aspects of this multifaceted, controversial subject. It traces the history of the debate about the merits of the Turing test. It also examines alternatives to the Turing test. Editor(s): Moor, James H. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408. . 2003. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Turing Test. The Elusive Standard of Artificial Intelligence.
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402012055
• ISBN 13: 9781402012051
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In 1950 Alan Turing (1912-1954) published his famous article, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" in the journal Mind. This article is arguably the most influential and widely read article in the philosophy of artificial intelligence. Indeed, most of the debate in the philosophy of artificial intelligence over the last fifty years concerns issues that were raised and discussed by Turing. Turing's genius was not only in developing the theory of computability but also in understanding the impact, both practical and philosophical, that computing machinery would have. Turing believed that computers, if properly designed and educated, could exhibit intelligent behavior, even behavior that would be indistinguishable from human intelligent behavior. His vision of the possibility of machine intelligence has been highly inspiring and extremely controversial. In this classic article Turing presented his well known imitation game and predicted that about the year 2000 "an average interrogator will not have more than 70 per cent chance of making the right identification after five minutes of questioning" in the imitation game. Based on the results of the Loebner 2000 contest and the accomplishments in the field of AI, as impressive as they are, Turing's prediction remains unfulfilled.

Review

From the reviews:

"The origin of Moora (TM)s The Turing Test is a conference a ] at Dartmouth College. a ] This collection has considerable depth and range. It includes insightful papers on current debates by several of the foremost Turing scholars. The volume addresses the history, interpretation, criticism, and defense of the test, and alternative standards of intelligence in AI. It is genuinely interdisciplinary a ] . The discussions are accessible to students and much of the material is fascinating. Moora (TM)s skilful editorship has produced a splendidly informative work." (Diane Proudfoot, Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 19 (2), April, 2006)