id: 05955463
dt: j
an: 05955463
au: Proudfoot, Diane
ti: Anthropomorphism and AI: Turing’s much misunderstood imitation game.
so: Artif. Intell. 175, No. 5-6, 950-957 (2011).
py: 2011
pu: Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam
la: EN
cc: 
ut: Turing test; anthropomorphism; human-level AI; mindless intelligence
ci: 
li: doi:10.1016/j.artint.2011.01.006
ab: Summary: The widespread tendency, even within AI, to anthropomorphize
    machines makes it easier to convince us of their intelligence. How can
    any putative demonstration of intelligence in machines be trusted if
    the AI researcher readily succumbs to make-believe? This is (what I
    shall call) the forensic problem of anthropomorphism. I argue that the
    Turing test provides a solution. This paper illustrates the phenomenon
    of misplaced anthropomorphism and presents a new perspective on
    Turing’s imitation game. It also examines the role of the Turing test
    in relation to the current dispute between human-level AI and
    ’mindless intelligence’.
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