Research breakthrough · curated entry
Turing publishes Computing Machinery and Intelligence
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
- Date
- October 1950
- Category
- Research breakthrough
- Organization / Model
- University of Manchester
- Evidence
- 2 sources · 1 evidence family
Turing set out the imitation game as a workable test for whether machines can think, publishing it in the journal Mind. The paper framed the central question of almost all later AI debate and is where the name Turing test comes from.
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APA 7 · American Psychological Association
AI 纪年. (1950, October). 图灵发表《计算机器与智能》，提出模仿游戏 [Web page]. https://aihist.net/e/turing-1950.html
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Chicago 17 · notes-bibliography
AI 纪年. "图灵发表《计算机器与智能》，提出模仿游戏." Published Oct. 1950. Accessed Nov. 3, 2026. https://aihist.net/e/turing-1950.html.
IEEE · citation-reference list
"图灵发表《计算机器与智能》，提出模仿游戏," AI 纪年, Oct. 1950. [Online]. Available: https://aihist.net/e/turing-1950.html. [Accessed: 3 Nov. 2026].
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