> but a test of whether they can imitate a person.
Seems more that he didn't want to argue about definitions, but wanted to phrase it in such a way that anyone denying it would be no different than a solipsist: I think, therefore I am, but I don't know about the rest of you guys.
There are problems with the test (possibly like the very large lookup table argument), but it was a good approach overall.
As far as I have always understood it, Turing was really just asking the question of those who don't believe in strong AI: "Suppose a machine did pass the Turing test, what extra thing would you expect of it before you would be willing to say it was capable of thought?"
Seems more that he didn't want to argue about definitions, but wanted to phrase it in such a way that anyone denying it would be no different than a solipsist: I think, therefore I am, but I don't know about the rest of you guys.
There are problems with the test (possibly like the very large lookup table argument), but it was a good approach overall.