Computers can't make mistakes
Computers differ from humans in that humans can make mistakes, whereas computers can't. Computers are easily unmasked in the Turing Test because humans frequently make mistakes in complex arithmetic whereas computers never do.

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Argument anticipated by Alan Turing (1950).

Note: for more on the Turing Test see Map 2.

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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
No: computers are inherently disabled  »No: computers are inherently disabled 
Computers can't make mistakes
Computers can make certain types of mistakes »Computers can make certain types of mistakes
Teach them to fail »Teach them to fail
Can the Turing Test determine this? [2]  »Can the Turing Test determine this? [2] 
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