{"id":3293,"date":"2025-06-12T15:40:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/2025\/06\/12\/the-turing-test-and-the-imitation-game-of-the-person\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:10:37","slug":"the-turing-test-and-the-imitation-game-of-the-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/en\/2025\/06\/12\/the-turing-test-and-the-imitation-game-of-the-person\/","title":{"rendered":"The Turing test and the imitation game of the person"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3293-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/717_il_test_di_turing_e_limitation_game_della_persona.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/717_il_test_di_turing_e_limitation_game_della_persona.mp3\">https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/717_il_test_di_turing_e_limitation_game_della_persona.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From its origins, Artificial Intelligence defines its essence in the imitation of humans. In 1950 Alan Turing, considered the father of AI, in his article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.cs.umbc.edu\/471\/papers\/turing.pdf\">Computing machinery and intelligence<\/a>,&#8221; proposed what would become known as the &#8220;Turing test,&#8221; also described as the &#8220;Imitation Game.&#8221; According to the test, a machine can be considered intelligent if its actions, observed by a human, are indistinguishable from those of a person. In the game, reproduced in the iconic diagram below, initially A, B and C are human beings who communicate with each other through messages. Later, person A is replaced by a machine, unbeknownst to person C. If C is unable to distinguish the machine (A) from the person (B), we are dealing with a machine that we can consider intelligent.      <\/p>\n\n<p>Turing then addresses deep philosophical, religious and logical questions about thinking machines, but the idea of the &#8220;Imitation Game&#8221; remains prevalent: beyond the controversial definitions of thought or consciousness, for Turing Artificial Intelligence can be defined as such if it can effectively imitate human intelligence.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1910\" style=\"width: 1020px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1910 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/turing-game-1024x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/turing-game-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/turing-game-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/turing-game-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/turing-game.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Turing defines Artificial Intelligence as the ability to imitate humans. 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