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Old 04-13-2006, 01:27 PM   #39
MaggieL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Griff
It just reinforces for me the idea that language is key to organizing our thoughts.
From an article I was just reading this morning:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Kurtzweil
"Turing had the right insight: base the test for intelligence on written language. Turing Tests really work. A novel is based on language: with language you can conjure up any reality, much more so than with images. Turing almost lived to see computers doing a good job of performing in fields like math, medical diagnosis and so on, but those tasks were easier for a machine than demonstrating even a child’s mastery of language. Language is the true embodiment of human intelligence."
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