[DouglasKC]

I believe there is (was?) an experiement called the "Turing Test" in which the test of intelligence of a computer is judged on whether or not a human interacting with it can discern whether it's a human or machine by conversing with it. So far nothing has passed the test. I think that eventually we'll come close, but ultimatly fail because I don't believe that it's possible to create something more intelligent than ourselves. The creation can never surpass the creator.

[Digital Chaos]

...and here I thought he was going to kill her at the end. ;)

[altair]

GEENA: No you don't. You have no beliefs, no desires, and no feelings. In fact you have no mind at all. You no more understand the words coming out of your mouth than a tape recorder understands the words coming out of its loudspeaker.

I'm confused here. Is she talking to a robot or a United States senator?

[boris]

This is nearly a word-for-word copy (except for idiosyncratic spelling, i.e., 'neurone') of the arguements presented in Hofstadter and Dennet's book(s).

Only they make a much better job of it.

--Boris