AI

Question 1

Turing Test? Constitutive claim? Evidential claim?

Answer 1

Gives reason to think computers are intelligent from passing test. Intelligent thinker = turing test passer. ec, passing turing test provides good evidence for intelligence

Question 2

Is Turing Test good test? 3

Answer 2

1) Too strict (mute/infants/foreigners) 2) Too loose (blockhead - every thought by programmers/Eliza) 3)Too circular - who to be judge of test?

Question 3

Hollow shell argument

Answer 3

No matter how complicated still couldn’t fall in love, tell a joke.

Question 4

Lady Lovelace argument

Answer 4

Can’t originate anything - credit to humans not pcs

Question 5

Objections to hs and ll 3

Answer 5

1) pcs are able - poet or bot? 2) pcs can make music 3) evolutionary programming - pc programmed antenna, needed design circuit - gave job to pc as didn’t know (Lee Spector)

Question 6

Searle’s Chinese room

Answer 6

person maybe able to initiate right programme but aren’t understanding chinese - pc doesn’t understand

Question 7

Searle response to cr 3

Answer 7

individual person doesn’t understand but whole system does - argument only applies to digital pcs running programmes - digital pcs thought of as brains - isn’t this what brains are like?

Question 8

Conclusion 3

Answer 8

No reason to pcs couldn’t think. Nothing we can do pcs cant - pcs do more?! Gadget stereotyping - assume all don’t have intelligence.

Question 9

Essay order

Answer 9

turing test 2) objections to tt 3)hollowshell and lady lovelace 4) objections to hs and ll 5) scr 6) objections to scr