Can computers think? [1] *º

Can a computational system possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding? (#79)

Can the Turing Test determine this? [2] *º

Is the Turing Test—proposed by Alan Turing in 1950—an adequate test of thinking? Can it determine whether a machine can think? If a computer passess the test by persuading judges via a teletyped conversation that it's human can it be said to think? (#217)

Can Chinese Rooms think? [4] *º

The Chinese Room Argument was proposed by John Searle in response to the claim that physical symbol systems can think. Click on the arrow to the right, and then the arrow on the cross-link that opens to view the argument in context on Map [3]. (#3564)

Are thinking computers mathematically possible? [7] *º

Is it mathematically possible for a computer to think as well as a human can? Does the mathematics of computation contain anything to prohibit machines from thinking? (#223)

Other issues ? *º

A place to start exploring other AI issues not addressed in Bob Horn's original map. (#50718)

Perspectives *º

Outlines the broad perspectives expressed on the debate map—and some of the protagonists associated with those perspectives. (#3569)

Protagonists *º

The contributions of over 300 protagonists can be explored via a surname search, or using the growing list developing here. (#2767)