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From: grady@well.sf.ca.us (Grady Ward)
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Subject: Re: IF IT DOES NOT PASS TT IT IS NOT INTELLIGENT????
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Date: 24 Jun 91 12:49:44 GMT
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There is no point in bogging down on the issue of when to
award a certificate of simulacrum to a.i.s.
I'm more interested in formulating a good test to decide
when a.i.s are conceded _superiority_ to the human species.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a suitable criterion?

My personal favorite is that if a.i.s can _persuade_ all
humans that they are indeed superior, then they are.  If
the a.i.s are not able to convince holdouts of this state
of affairs, then the a.i.s do not yet meet the standard.