Abstract
Alan Turing's oft-cited remark about the possibility of machine thought, and its relevance for machine intelligence or even agency, continues to provoke interdisciplinary debate about the nature of such terms. This is in particular regard to the likelihood that the Turing Test could actually solve questions about machine intelligence. In this paper we centre our discussion on these topics by focussing on the complexity of identity or personhood in terms of agency. We do this by exploring concepts such as shared communication, recognition, and wider forms of validity. The crux of the paper is this: Alan Turing asked in his seminal paper whether machines could think. To this we add: Would we be willing to recognise it as thought even if it did?
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | AISB/IACAP World Congress 2012 - Birmingham, UK, 2-6 July 2012 |
| Subtitle of host publication | The 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio- Machine Hybrids |
| Editors | J.M. Bishop, Y.J. Erden |
| Publisher | The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) |
| Pages | 56-60 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781908187116 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy, AISB 2012: Computing, Philosophy and the Question of Bio- Machine Hybrids - Birmingham, United Kingdom Duration: 2 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012 Conference number: 5 |
Conference
| Conference | 5th AISB Symposium on Computing and Philosophy, AISB 2012 |
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| Abbreviated title | AISB |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Birmingham |
| Period | 2/07/12 → 6/07/12 |