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Book SynopsisThis is the first of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in the theory of artificial intelligence and computer science continues to be widely discussed today. A group of prominent academics from a wide range of disciplines focus on three questions famously raised by Turing: What, if any, are the limits on machine `thinking''? Could a machine be genuinely intelligent? Might we ourselves be biological machines, whose thought consists essentially in nothing more than the interaction of neurons according to strictly determined rules? The discussion of these fascinating issues is accessible to non-specialists and stimulating for all readers.
Trade ReviewA fascinating series of essays on computation by contributors in various fields of knowledge ... we can all learn by reading these essays because they encourage us to explore issues beyond our normal sphere of expertise. * Choice *
Table of Contents1. Subcognition and the Limits of the Turing Test ; 2. Turing's Test and Conscious Thought ; 3. The Turing Test: AI's Biggest Blind Alley? ; 4. The Intentional Stance and the Imitation Game ; 5. Machine as Mind ; 6. Minds, Machines, and Godel: A Retrospect ; 7. Human versus Mechanical Intelligence ; 8. The Church-Turing Thesis: Its Nature and Status ; 9. Measurement and Computational Description ; 10. Beyond Turing Equivalence ; 11. The Demise of the Turing Machine in Complexity Theory ; 12. A Grammar-Based Approach to Common-Sense Reasoning ; 13. Chaos: Its Past, its Present, but Mostly its Future ; 14. The Hierarchies of Knowledge and the Mathematics of Discovery
