govOct 1, 1950
Computing Machinery and IntelligenceMind21 pagesOct 1, 1950
Alan M. Turing replaces the question of machine thought with an imitation game, explains digital computation and universality, examines nine objections, and proposes learning machines. His ESP discussion considers telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, and possible test controls as a philosophical challenge rather than a new experiment. The linked 21-page educational reproduction of the 1950 article omits one illustrative state-transition table; page citations refer to this PDF.
