Can inductive evidence determine this?

Is the test—as a source of inductive evidence—a legitimate test of intelligence? Such evidence may be weak or strong, but never deductively certain. A claim that a system thinks based on its passing the test is open to further evidence and revision.



James Moor, 1976 & 1987.
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