A zombie or unconscious machine could pass the test
A behaviourally sophisticated but unconscious zombie could pass the Turing test, but it would not be thinking. Similarly, a behaviourally sophisticated but unconscious computer might pass the test without thinking.


Charles Karelis, 1986.
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can the Turing Test determine this? [2]  »Can the Turing Test determine this? [2] 
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No: passing the Test is not decisive »No: passing the Test is not decisive
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A zombie or unconscious machine could pass the test
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Consciousness is essential to thinking »Consciousness is essential to thinking
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