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A formal approach to exploring the interrogator's perspective in the Turing test
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A formal approach to exploring the interrogator's perspective in the Turing test

Authors

  • Paweł Łupkowski Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/LLP.2011.007

Keywords

Turing test, Inferential Erotetic Logic, erotetic search scenarios, game, strategy

Abstract

My aim in this paper is to use a formal approach to the Turing test. This approach is based on a tool developed within Inferential Erotetic Logic, so called erotetic search scenarios. First, I reconstruct the setting of the Turing test proposed by A.M. Turing. On this basis, I build a model of the test using erotetic search scenarios framework. I use the model to investigate one of the most interesting issues of the TT setting – the interrogator’s perspective and role in the test.

Author Biography

Paweł Łupkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

Chair of Logic and Cognitive Science, Institute of Psychology

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ŁUPKOWSKI, Paweł. A formal approach to exploring the interrogator’s perspective in the Turing test. Logic and Logical Philosophy. Online. 30 June 2011. Vol. 20, no. 1-2, p. 139–158. [Accessed 8 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/LLP.2011.007.
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