Active Vocabulary.

ability	interrogator
accuracy	paradigm
approach	propose
artificial	require
attempt	research
determine	theory
distinguish	to guess
intelligence	to possess
intelligent	undecidability

2. Answer the following questions:

1. Are we intelligent enough to understand intelligence?

2. What are the two approaches to answering the question what artificial intelligence is?

3. How do they call the classical experiment for determining?

4. What research did Alan Turing pioneer?

5. Had machine displayed intelligent behaviour before Turing’s test was applied?

6. What is the basic paradigm for displaying successful intelligent behaviour of a machine?

7. What does the test consist of?

8. What is the interrogator A told?

9. What is A to guess?

10. What accuracy percentage is needed to claim the machine simulates the human intelligence?

3. Reconstruct the text “Turing’s test” into a dialogue.

The main rules governing a conversation in English:

The person who asks questions in a conversation usually controls it. Personal questions should be expressed tactfully.

Excuse me for asking.

I hope you don’t mind asking, but I’d like to know more about …

Could you tell me a bit more about …

Sorry, I don’t quite understand.

What (exactly) do you mean?

Can you explain it in more detail, please?

Excuse me, can I interrupt you for a moment?

Hold on, please.

Just a moment, please.

Don’t you agree that …

Sorry, could you say that again (please)?

Sorry, could you repeat that?

Oh, you know what I mean.

Can you guess what I said, etc.

Sure. I know. I see. Really. Right.

Fine. OK. Well. Exactly so. Quite.

That’s a very interesting question.

Well, let me see …

Excuse me, I’m afraid I have to be going now. It was really a pleasure to talk to you.

That’s very interesting, but I don’t think it’s really to the point.

4. Annotate the text in English. Use the phrases:

I.

a) The title of the article is...
It is written by prof... and published in London in the
journal..., No.3, vol.4, 2011	on pp.3-10
magazine..., No.3, vol.4, 2011
collection of articles... by... editorial house in 2011
book... by... editorial house in 2011
b) The article... by prof... is published in the journal..., in N.Y., pp.5-10.

II.

a) The article	deals with	the problem of...
	discusses
	touches
	discloses
	is devoted to
The text tells us about...
b) Disclosing the problem the author dwells on (upon) such matters as...
The major	points
	matters	of the text are the following:...
	problems
	issues
c) The author	pays special attention to …
	draws readers’ attention to …
Much	attention is paid to...
Great
Special
The author	concentrates on, focuses on
	stresses, underlines, emphasises
	points out
	dwells on (upon)
	distinguishes between
	speaks in details
	gives the classification

III.

a) As far as I am an expert in... I
consider	the article to be of some (great) interest for …
believe
suppose
think
guess
b)	In my opinion	the article is of	great some	interest for
	From my point of view
	To my mind
	the students in applied science
	the specialists in...
	a wide range of readers

 

5. Discuss the problems. The following phrases may be helpful:

I am confirmed in my opinion that…

I will start by saying that …

My own viewpoint is that…

It can (not) be denied that…

I can’t give you a definite answer yet…

As far as I am concerned…

I have reason to believe that…

A.Turing’s question “Can the machine think?” should be paraphrased: “How can humans use the machines to help themselves think or learn?”

A.Turing’s test still changes the imaginative people, because it is practical. Any other reason?

“We may hope that machines will eventually compete with man in all purely intellectual fields” (A.Turing, 1950.) Was Turing right?

Summarize the text briefly.

 

Writing

Using texts A and B of Unit 4 write a presentation about AI and Turing’s test.

Extended reading

Text C. To be One with the Computer

 

Read and translate the text into Ukrainian at home. Write an abstract (précis) of the text in English. Express your appreciation of cybernetics’ scope, range and applications. Give your comments and assessment of the experiment described in the text. Reproduce it in class.