Path: news.net.uni-c.dk!howland.erols.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!news.colorado.edu!not-for-mail From: Howard Brazee Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.lang.apl,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.beta,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.dylan,comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Einstein's Riddle Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:44:23 -0700 Organization: UCB Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3AB66197.FDFC98A@brazee.net> References: <3AACE6CF.7F05484D@ieee.org> <0W8r6.178$fo5.14165@news.get2net.dk> <3AAD60F3.120F284A@ieee.org> <3AAE371A.2F9F596F@brazee.net> <98m43a$fe2$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AAFB378.AB166E8C@ieee.org> <98q3f1$bid$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AB0DFC6.FC100A64@ieee.org> <98sq19$ton$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AB61B58.CF536ECA@brazee.net> <3AB6273D.E6C18536@ix.netcom.com> <995csm$qhf$1@localhost.localdomain> <3AB63AD4.390A1F59@ix.netcom.com> <995gtd$ree$1@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: brazee.cusys.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: peabody.colorado.edu 985031065 11444 204.228.68.77 (19 Mar 2001 19:44:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@colorado.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Mar 2001 19:44:25 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD47 (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: news.net.uni-c.dk comp.ai.neural-nets:67652 comp.lang.apl:29472 comp.lang.awk:17264 comp.lang.beta:12805 comp.lang.cobol:102939 comp.lang.dylan:24239 comp.lang.forth:78702 aph@redhat.invalid wrote: > In which case, reductio ad absurdum, a human who couldn't type and a > computer that was switched off would be indistinguishable, so the > computer would pass the Turing test. Clearly this wasn't Turing's > intent, and both the computer and the human being must appear to be > intelligent. Both failing isn't enough. > > Andrew. Was that a program, my infant grandson emulating his dad, or a cat walking across the keyboard?