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Passing the Turing Test Does Not Mean the End of Humanity

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Warwick, Kevin, Shah, Huma·2016·Cognitive Computation
DOI 10.1007/s12559-015-9372-6PMC PMC4867147
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In this paper we look at the phenomenon that is the Turing test. We consider how Turing originally introduced his imitation game and discuss what this means in a practical scenario. Due to its popular appeal we also look into different representations of the test as indicated by numerous reviewers. The main emphasis here, however, is to consider what it actually means for a machine to pass the Turing test and what importance this has, if any. In particular does it mean that, as Turing put it, a machine can "think". Specifically we consider claims that passing the Turing test means that machines will have achieved human-like intelligence and as a consequence the singularity will be upon us in the blink of an eye.

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Authors
Warwick, K., & Shah, H.
Affiliations
Coventry University (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Warwick, Kevin
  • Shah, Huma
ORCID
Venue
Cognitive Computation
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-12-28
Volume
8
Issue
3
Pages
409-419
ISSN
  • 1866-9956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1866-9964
DOI
10.1007/s12559-015-9372-6
PMC
PMC4867147
OpenAlex
W2260558829
Cited by
69
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3
FWCI
12.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
Locations
  • Cognitive Computation (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Pure (Coventry University) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Coventry University Open Collections (Coventry university) (submittedVersion)
  • The Open Collections (Coventry University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
Keywords
Turing test, machine intelligence, machine thinking, singularities, human-like intelligence, artificial consciousness, artificial intelligence

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