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World Service,16 May 2001,24 mins

Metal Mickey comes of age

Discovery

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The programme looks at the debate over artificial intelligence, and what it is. Alan Turing said the test would be that if a computer cannot be told apart from a human in a text conversation, then regardless of soul or conscience, that machine exhibits intelligent behaviour. Scientists debate how relevant this rule is now.

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