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#Turing Line
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'Can machines think?' Alan Turing proposes an imitation game
In the journal Mind, Alan Turing proposes replacing the question of whether machines can think with a test: can an interrogator using a teleprinter tell a machine from a human?
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Chess-playing automaton amazes the court in Vienna
A machine that can play chess has been presented at the court of Empress Maria Theresa. Wolfgang von Kempelen's automaton beats most opponents, but the inventor keeps secret how it works.
