Reading Assignment

• "Have We Witnessed a Real-Life Turing Test?" Marina Krol, IEEE Computer, March 1999, pp. 27-30.
• "Answer", Fredric Brown, 1954.
• "The Soul of the Mark III Beast", Terrel Miedaner, from "The Soul of Anna Klane", The Church of Physical Theology Ltd, 1977.
• "Minds, Brains and Programs", John Searle, from "The Behavioral and Brain Sciences", Vol 3. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1980.

• The Myth of the Computer Revolution", Neville Holmes, IEEE Computer, November 1998, pp. 121-122.

Homework Assigment

• What does it mean to say that someone/something is intelligent?

Possible Discussion Topics

• What is intelligence?
• What is artificial intelligence?
• Did Deep Blue pass the Turing Test?
• Is the Turing test a valid test of AI?
• What does it mean to be alive, conscious, intelligent?
• If you create a true AI that thinks, feels and is "conscious" what are the ethical considerations?
• Can a machine ever be intelligent?