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The Sense Organs Objection

The Turing Test neglects perceptual aspects of intelligence. A machine might pass the test via competent verbal behaviour but fail to understand how its words relate to the perceptual world. An adequate test requires a machine with sensory apparatus.




Peter Carruthers, 1986.
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The Sense Organs Objection
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