A man simulating a woman is not a woman

If a man were to win the imitation game, he would only have succeeded in simulating a woman. He would, obviously, not be a woman. Therefore the imitation game is not an adequate test.

The argument as anticipated by Copeland (1993):

"Suppose the man passes the test (that is, forces a wrong identification frequently enough over a number of trials). Obviously this doesn't show that the man is a woman, just that in conversation he is capable of giving a good simulation of a woman".

Copeland, Jack (1993), Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 46-47.
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