against the possibility of either
Strong or Weak AI
Turing
If a computer could convincingly
imitate a person to another
person it must be considered a
person
Searle
absence of intentionality -
against Strong AI
Colby
Dennet
PARRY test is restricted
ethically, as psychologists
could not put pressure on the
computer they thought was
paranoid, if they had it would
have been exposed
PARRY test
Philosophers
Singer
Speciesism
the ability to feel pain puts them
on the same moral plane as us,
and we should give them certain
rights accordingly
Gaita
ability to adapt to
situations tactically,
the parrot
Hume
The experiences of animals form the
'foundation of their judgement.'
they feel similar emotions to us, 'the
howling and lamentatIons of a dog
produce a sensible concern in his fellows'
Wittgenstein
'if a lion could speak we
could not understand
him'
Gallup
Self awareness
mirror spot test -
worked on chimps but
not on monkeys
Chomsky
because of animals' lack of
language it is incapable of
complex reasoning
Davidson
lack of language - incapable of
having beliefs or desires
Descartes
animal lack a 'rational soul'
however they can be trained to control
certain passions as humans can