Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!medulla.cis.ohio-state.edu!jj From: jj@medulla.cis.ohio-state.edu (John Josephson) Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy Subject: Re: Turing Test: opinions on an idea Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 18:12:13 GMT References: <1991May13.133711.102@athena.mit.edu> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 12 In-reply-to: mlevin@jade.tufts.edu's message of 13 May 91 13:37:11 GMT It is unreasonable to think that the Turing test is infallible. That is, in general the best explanation that something (upon rigourous and demanding testing) appears to be intelligent, is that it is, indeed, intelligent. The appearance of intelligence is good evidence for it's presence, the more evidence, the more that efforts to trip it up have failed. It is conceivable for something to pass the Turing test that isn't intelligent. It just has negligible likelihood. .. jj