Computing Machinery and Intelligence
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"Computing Machinery and Intelligence" is Alan Turing’s landmark 1950 paper that introduced the Turing Test and fundamentally shaped the philosophical and technical foundations of artificial intelligence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Computing Machinery and Intelligence canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T629518 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Computing Machinery and Intelligence Context triple: [Alan Turing, notableWork, Computing Machinery and Intelligence]
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A.
Man-Computer Symbiosis
Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
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B.
On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem
"On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem" is Alan Turing’s landmark 1936 paper that introduced the Turing machine model and founded the formal study of computability and the limits of algorithmic decision procedures.
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C.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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D.
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought is George Boole’s foundational 1854 treatise that established Boolean algebra and helped lay the groundwork for modern mathematical logic and computer science.
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E.
The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial is a seminal 1969 book by Herbert A. Simon that explores the nature, design, and study of artificial systems such as organizations, computers, and complex artifacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Computing Machinery and Intelligence Target entity description: "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" is Alan Turing’s landmark 1950 paper that introduced the Turing Test and fundamentally shaped the philosophical and technical foundations of artificial intelligence.
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A.
Man-Computer Symbiosis
Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
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B.
On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem
"On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem" is Alan Turing’s landmark 1936 paper that introduced the Turing machine model and founded the formal study of computability and the limits of algorithmic decision procedures.
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C.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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D.
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought is George Boole’s foundational 1854 treatise that established Boolean algebra and helped lay the groundwork for modern mathematical logic and computer science.
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E.
The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial is a seminal 1969 book by Herbert A. Simon that explores the nature, design, and study of artificial systems such as organizations, computers, and complex artifacts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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scientific paper ⓘ |
| addressesQuestion | Can machines think? ⓘ |
| appearedInIssue | Mind, Volume 59, Issue 236 ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst | biological chauvinism about intelligence ⓘ |
| author | Alan Turing ⓘ |
| citedBy |
numerous AI research papers
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works in philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
argument from consciousness
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various objections to machine intelligence ⓘ |
| discusses |
digital computers
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learning machines ⓘ limitations of formal systems ⓘ |
| field |
artificial intelligence
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computer science ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
central text in debates on machine consciousness
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standard reference for the Turing test ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Critique of the New Problem
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Digital Computers ⓘ Learning Machines ⓘ The Imitation Game ⓘ |
| influenced |
AI ethics debates
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cognitive science ⓘ development of artificial intelligence ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
Turing test
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imitation game ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 28 pages ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
artificial intelligence
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machine intelligence ⓘ machine thinking ⓘ philosophical foundations of AI ⓘ |
| pageRange | 433–460 ⓘ |
| proposes | behavioral criterion for intelligence ⓘ |
| proposesTestFor | machine intelligence ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Mind ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Church–Turing thesis
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philosophy of artificial intelligence ⓘ |
| status |
foundational text in AI
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landmark paper in artificial intelligence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Computing Machinery and Intelligence Description of subject: "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" is Alan Turing’s landmark 1950 paper that introduced the Turing Test and fundamentally shaped the philosophical and technical foundations of artificial intelligence.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Imitation Game