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c.
No testing strategy can be devised to adequately determine
whether an entity is intelligent.
If some members of your group can propose their own ap
proach for determining intelligence, add a fourth team to this
debate.
3.
Review the description of H. H. Kornhuber's experiment
about raising a finger at random.
a.
To what extent do you think this supports the notion that
free will is an illusion?
b.
Organize a class debate, with different teams taking sides
on the question of part a.
4.
Read the full text of Woody Bledsoe's presidential address to
the AAAI, given on August 19, 1985. (This talk, entitled “I
Have a Dream,” with acknowledgement to Martin Luther
King Jr., may be found in
AI Magazine
, volume 7, number 1,
pp. 57-61. The reader also might search various online
sources for a transcript of the talk.)
a.
What is your reaction to the talk?
b.
Although the talk was given in 1985, to what extent do
you think that its ideas apply today?
c.
How might you suggest the talk be updated if it were given
again today?
d.
The talk was meant to inspire students and potential re
searchers. Do you think the talk still would accomplish this
goal? Explain your answer.
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Exercises
1. a.
Explain each term in the “Terminology from This
Chapter” section.
b.
Why do you think the colors “white” and “black” are used
in this terminology?
c.
Would you consider the Turing Test to be an example of
blackbox testing, whitebox testing, both, or neither?
Briefly explain your answer.
