Turing: computing machinery, intelligence and the imitation game

What changed

Machine intelligence became discussable through an explicit behavioral experimental setup.

Scientific scope

Sole-author 1950 paper; 1936 computation, 1948 report and later chatbot benchmark practices separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1950 Mind paper. Turing’s 1936 computability paper, his 1948 report, later chatbot evaluations and claims that the imitation game measures every form of intelligence remain separate.

Contributors

• Alan M. Turing · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence
• Crossref record for Computing Machinery and Intelligence

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