Parsing the Turing Test Philosophical and Methodological Issues in the Quest for the Thinking Computer /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Epstein, Robert (Editor), Roberts, Gary (Editor), Beber, Grace (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Language and languages > Philosophy.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Artificial intelligence.; Psycholinguistics.; Computer Science.; Computer Science, general.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Philosophy of Language.

Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for true artificial intelligence. Will computers and robots ever think and communicate the way humans do? When a computer crosses the threshold into self-consciousness, will i...