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Parsing the Turing Test

Philosophical and Methodological Issues in the Quest for the Thinking Computer

  • Most comprehensive analysis of The Turing Test - the ultimate benchmark of true artificial intelligence ever published
  • Features new contributions from 37 eminent scholars in computer science, psychology and philosophy, including Ray Kurzwell, Noam Chomsky, Paul Churchland, John R. Searle and Andrew Hodges
  • Includes running commentaries by Stevan Harnad, Kenneth Ford, Pat Hayes and others on Alan Turing's classic paper, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"
  • Includes an introduction by eminent philospher Daniel C. Dennett
  • Special emphasis on methodological issues - programming challenges facing developers of true artificial intelligence, by Douglas B. Lenat, Michael L. Mauldin and other prominent programmers

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
  2. Setting the Stage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Quest for the Thinking Computer

      • Robert Epstein
      Pages 3-12
    3. Alan Turing and the Turing Test

      • Andrew Hodges
      Pages 13-22
    4. Computing Machinery and Intelligence

      • Alan M. Turing
      Pages 23-65
  3. The Ongoing Philosophical Debate

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
    2. The Turing Test

      • Robert E. Horn
      Pages 73-88
    3. If I Were Judge

      • Selmer Bringsjord
      Pages 89-102
    4. Turing on the “Imitation Game”

      • Noam Chomsky
      Pages 103-106
    5. On the Nature of Intelligence

      • Paul M. Churchland
      Pages 107-117
    6. Turing’s Test

      • Jack Copeland, Diane Proudfoot
      Pages 119-138
    7. The Turing Test: 55 Years Later

      • John R. Searle
      Pages 139-150
    8. Doing Justice to the Imitation Game

      • Jean Lassègue
      Pages 151-169
  4. The New Methodological Debates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
    2. How to Hold a Turing Test Contest

      • Hugh Loebner
      Pages 173-179
    3. The Anatomy of A.L.I.C.E.

      • Richard S. Wallace
      Pages 181-210
    4. The Social Embedding of Intelligence

      • Bruce Edmonds
      Pages 211-235
    5. How My Program Passed the Turing Test

      • Mark Humphrys
      Pages 237-260

About this book

Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for true artificial intelligence. Will computers and robots ever think and communicate the way humans do? When a computer crosses the threshold into self-consciousness, will it immediately jump into the Internet and create a World Mind? Will intelligent computers someday recognize the rather doubtful intelligence of human beings? Distinguished psychologists, computer scientists, philosophers, and programmers from around the world debate these weighty issues – and, in effect, the future of the human race – in this important volume.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, San Diego, USA

    Robert Epstein

  • Teradata Corporation, San Diego, USA

    Gary Roberts

  • Gartner Consulting, Stamford, USA

    Grace Beber

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eBook USD 189.00
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Softcover Book USD 249.99
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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