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The Turing Test

This activity aims to stimulate discussion on the question of whether computers can exhibit ___intelligence,___ or are ever likely to do so in the future. Learners play a game and try to distinguish between a human and a computer by asking questions and analyzing the answers. This game is similar to the Turing Test, founded by British mathematician Alan Turing. Variations, extensions, background information and further reading suggestions are...

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Information Technology, Human, History of Science, History/Policy/Law, NSDL, Reasoning and Proof, Biological Science, Turing, The Brain and Nervous System, Health/Medicine, Games, Information and Communication, Reasoning, Information Systems, Science and Society, Computer & Information Sciences, Computer Engineering, Natural Language Analysis, Technology and Society, Robot, Life Science, Young Engineers, Intelligence, Psychology, Mathematics, Simulation-Based Learning, Interview, Artificial-intelligence, Brain and Nervous System, Risks and Benefits, Technology and History, Engineering, Computing and Information, General Science, Life Sciences, Turing Tests, Technology, Impacts of Technology, Computer Science, Human Body, Computer, Education, Robots

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: December 2, 2021
Authors:: Ian Witten, Brian Mason Scientific and Technical Trust
Mike Fellows, Computer Science Unplugged
Tim Bell, Google Inc.
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Middle School, High School
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International