Computationalism has been the mainstream view of cognition for decades. There are
periodic reports of its demise, but they are greatly exaggerated. This essay surveys some …

This article proposes the notion of the 'Lovelace Effect'as an analytical tool to identify
situations in which the behaviour of computing systems is perceived by users as original and …

The phrase “The Turing Test” is most properly used to refer to a proposal made by Turing
(1950) as a way of dealing with the question whether machines can think. According to …

Artistic creation has traditionally been thought to be a uniquely human ability. Recent
advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), however, have enabled algorithms to create art …

Abstract Alan Turing's 1950 imitation game has been widely understood as a means for
testing if an entity is intelligent. Following a series of papers by Diane Proudfoot, I offer a …

Young brains come to school to learn, older brains come to school to teach them. At least,
that's the ideal. The rationale for writing this book were the questions: can cognitive …

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permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided no …

Today in the age of technology, contemporary researchers from the fields of philosophy,
cognitive science, neurobiology, and artificial intelligence ask many questions about the …

Conclusion So, I believe there is ample evidence that Turing at least conceived of his own
test as fulfilling just the epistemic purpose that Descartes' fulfilled for him. I have argued for …

This book departs from existing accounts of Alan Turing's imitation game and test by placing
Turing's proposal in its historical, social, and cultural context. It reconstructs a controversy in …