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Comment by skybrian

18 hours ago

I have a vague understanding, enough to know that tallness isn't thinking. I think I can usually use the word correctly. (I don't think El Ajedrecista qualifies, but it was starting to play chess, so it's closer to "smart" than a rock is.)

That doesn't mean I know whether "smart" should be applied to what AI's do, and I suspect nobody else knows either. This is the sort of thing philosophers debate about, not common sense.

Turing invented the imitation game because he didn't really know either.