Objections and Responses
Turing discusses responds to some objections
- Some of them can be dealt with quite quickly
The Theological Objection
- Man has a soul, machines do not
- AT: Can we deny His power to give a soul to a machine
Heads in the sand
- I don’t like the idea so I will ignore it
Argument from various disabilities
- No machine can X (e.g. tell right from wrong)
- AT: Becomes a less powerful argument each day