A test proposed to determine if a
computer has the ability to think. In 1950, Alan Turing (Turing, 1950)
proposed a method for determining if machines can think. This method is
known as The Turing Test.
The test is conducted with two
people and a machine. One person plays the role of an interrogator and
is in a separate room from the machine and the other person. The
interrogator only knows the person and machine as A and B. The
interrogator does not know which the person is and which the machine is.
Using a teletype, the interrogator, can ask A and B any question he/she
wishes. The aim of the interrogator is...