The argument that machines speak was first made in the context of Internet search.
He proved that, for now at least, homo sapiens can still win arguments with machines.
Now there may be a danger that you'll find his arguments about machines taking over a bit over the top, but don't let that put you off as there is undoubtedly a transformation going on that needs to be discussed.
So let me say a little more about her before I get on to Turing's interest in her argument about machine intelligence.
In his 1996 book, The Conscious Mind, David Chalmers notes that although Searle originally directs his argument against machine intentionality, it is clear from later writings that the real issue is consciousness, which Searle holds is a necessary condition of intentionality.
Chaplin's horror of automation gives colour to his argument, and the "machine men with machine minds and machine hearts" speech from The Great Dictator (1940) opens the book.
Until recently, it appeared that Ms Townsend and her allies were winning the argument, and touchscreen machines - with lavish financial backing from the Bush administration -- were installed across much of the southern and western United States.
"If he makes it the argument, the Obama machine will turn it right back on him".
While I still have serious qualms about the technology, I have been challenged and emotionally moved enough to take a long-requested meeting with the folks at Amazon and Kindle and listen to their arguments for the machines.
Both are in short supply, mind, but if you're trying to decide which might be best for your living room you can read our arguments for both machines: 5 reasons to buy the Xbox One instead of the PS4 or 5 reasons to buy the PS4 instead of the Xbox One.
