Do computers think?
The passage and the lecture discusses about a funamental question - can computers think? They both discuss about Turing test, which is used to answer this qestion. The passage described the test as people interact with a computer without knowing if there is someone in the other end. After the discussion, the human says is it a human or a computer. But the lecturer questions the validity of Turing test.
The passage claims that human and computer behaviour is distinguishable for a human by interacting blindly. But the professor brings an example where an english speaker interacts with a chineese person. Chineese words would seem meaningless to the english speaker. But if he has enough information, for instance, the meanings of chineese words, he would understand it. In the same way, if a computer is given enough information, it can interact like a human with supplying answers that look like human answers. Thus, it would pass the Turing test.
The passage also claims that the computer needs to be creative to pass the Turing test. But the lecturer contends that a person is not always creative. So, if the computer is given the information about what to say after what, it might pass the Turing test by talking like a normal person. So, artificial intelligence might pass the Turing test by saying sequenced words that are analyzed from previously given informaton.
In these ways, the professor explains why Turing test isn't a reliable test for deciding whether can computers think or not.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 6, column 55, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: isn't
... the professor explains why Turing test isnt a reliable test for deciding whether ca...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, look, so, thus, for instance, in the same way
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 12.0772626932 58% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 22.412803532 67% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1259.0 1373.03311258 92% => OK
No of words: 251.0 270.72406181 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01593625498 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98032404683 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66854088993 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 131.0 145.348785872 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.521912350598 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 379.8 419.366225166 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 31.0809804181 49.2860985944 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 78.6875 110.228320801 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.6875 21.698381199 72% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.75 7.06452816374 53% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.27373068433 234% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.148806385799 0.272083759551 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0535945955979 0.0996497079465 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0728606846523 0.0662205650399 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.109279563554 0.162205337803 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0442569090334 0.0443174109184 100% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 13.3589403974 76% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 64.71 53.8541721854 120% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.0 11.0289183223 73% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.54 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.78 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 54.0 63.6247240618 85% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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