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A zombie or unconscious machine could pass the test

A behaviourally sophisticated but unconscious zombie could pass the Turing test, but it would not be thinking. Similarly, a behaviourally sophisticated but unconscious computer might pass the test without thinking.



Charles Karelis, 1986.
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