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From: hdunne@amethyst.UUCP
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Subject: The Turing Test
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Date: Wed, 7-Oct-87 23:49:01 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  7 23:49:01 1987
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Reply-To: hdunne@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu (Hugh Dunne)
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Keywords: AI Turing

Since there's been some discussion on the Turing test, I'd like to point out
that the Turing test is not sacred. A lot of AI people disagree that it proves
anything. If I can't figure out how a stage magician pulls a rabbit out of a
hat, does that mean magic exists? Besides, a lot of people have been fooled by
relatively simple programs such as Elisa, which wasn't even designed to pass
the Turing test but merely to be a parody of a certain school of psychology.

  - Hugh Dunne