Passing the Turing Test Does Not Mean the End of Humanity

Kevin Warwick; Huma Shah

doi:10.1007/s12559-015-9372-6

Passing the Turing Test Does Not Mean the End of Humanity

Kevin Warwick, Huma Shah

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Abstract

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.

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12559-015-9372-6

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	409-419
Number of pages	11
Journal	Cognitive Computation
Volume	8
Issue number	3
Early online date	28 Dec 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-015-9372-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-015-9372-6
Publication status	Published - Jun 2016

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Keywords

Deception Detection
Natural Language
Turing’s Imitation Game
Chatbots
Machine Misidentification

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