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The Anthropomorphizing Objection

Our tendency to anthropomorphize machines should caution us against calling them intelligent. Conversing and passing the Turing test isn't enough to establish intelligent thought. Introspection is also necessary and the test doesn't reveal it.

Joseph Rychlak 1991.
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The Anthropomorphizing Objection
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The Reverse Turing Test
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Joseph F. Rychlak
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A zombie or unconscious machine could pass the test
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Human judges may be fooled too easily
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Merely syntactic machines could pass the test
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Nonstandard human controls can mislead a judge
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The Chinese Room passes the test
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The Turing test is too narrow
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Turing Test underdetermines creation of humanlike robots
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