Plate 0. The Question, 1943–1955

Oct 1950— Research

Turing asks: can machines think?

Alan Turing’s “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” proposes the imitation game, replacing the question “can machines think?” with a behavioural test.

“I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?’”

Date confidence: high

Sources

• Computing Machinery and Intelligence, Mind primary
• Turing test, Wikipedia secondary

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