Computer Science 404
Senior Seminar
Dickinson College
Spring Semester 1999
Grant Braught
Class #8 - Minds, Brains, Souls, AI and Philosophy
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.
Another Thought:
- 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?