Taking stock of Turing test: a review, analysis, and appraisal of issues surrounding thinking machines

Authors:
Appa Rao Korukonda
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Information Systems, College of Business, Bloomsburg, University of Pennsylvania, PA and Graduate School of Information Systems and Communication, Robert Morris University, ...
Venue:
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Year:
2003

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Abstract

The Turing test (TT) has provided the inspiration for the inception and rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) as a discipline. Additionally, it provided a platform for what might be termed a spirited, enduring, and enlightening--albeit occasionally frustrating-- rounds of debate on a broad range of questions. Turing, who proved to be much ahead of his time in more ways than one, predicted that it would be possible to develop machines capable of passing the TT in about 50 years time, that is just about now. Perhaps, Turing overestimated the rate of progress of technology, or of transformation of deeply entrenched paradigms of thought; but whatever the reason, his prediction about the feasibility of "thinking machines" is yet to come true in an engineering or in a symbolic-semantic sense. This paper presents a set of reflections on this and other predictions made by Turing and relates them to what has actually transpired in the 50 years since his original paper was published. Contributions of TT to the field of AI are assessed and directions for the future are presented.