"The Can Computers Think?" debate raises fundamental questions about human identity, for humans have always been defined as the rational species. What if actual reasoning could be incorporated into computers? Humans would then no longer be as unique as thought. This is a difficult concept for many to digest; therefore people have a hard time believing the possibility that computers may be able to think. This controversy is of constant debate, especially when IBM's Deep …showed first 75 words of 803 total…

…showed last 75 words of 803 total…I view him as property. The main difference between my dog and Data is the fact that Data can express his opinion where my dog cannot. Some may view Data as Star Fleet property because he is a machine. Whether they do or not, it cannot be determined by the Turing test. The Turing test is inaccurate in all cases due to the fact that a human is deeming who is intelligent. Humans make mistakes.