Do computers think? It isn't a new question. In fact, Alan Turing, a British mathematician, proposed an experiment to answer the question in 1950 and the test, known as the Turing test, is still used today. In the experiment a group of people are asked to

The reading and the lecture are both about Turing test which is used to justify or passed whether the person or machine are responding from other terminal of the computer. The author of the reading believes that it's working still today.The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made in the article. He thinks that it's not be valid by arguing Mr. john Saro of his claim.

First of all, The author points out that the computer responded to any input. It is mentioned that sending message or voice recording through the microphone will definitely get response on the screen or by voice synthesizer. The point is challenged by the lecturer. He says that if the Chinese person is sending the message to the English spoken person, he unable to understand. Furthermore, he argues that if reference added then it able to comprehensible the detail, to break the code.

Secondly, the author contends that Depending on the response, the machine will be passed by the Turing test.The lecturer rebuts this argument. He suggests computer programmed and designed adequately to pass the Turing test. He elaborates on this by mentioning that itself failed to the basic question of Artificial Intelligence.

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Average: 7.1 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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...g believes that its working still today.The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made...
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...ts not be valid by arguing Mr. john Saro of his claim. First of all, The autho...
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...e. Secondly, the author contends that Depending on the response, the machine w...
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...chine will be passed by the Turing test.The lecturer rebuts this argument. He sugge...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, if, second, secondly, so, still, then, first of all

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 996.0 1373.03311258 73% => OK
No of words: 198.0 270.72406181 73% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0303030303 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.75116612262 4.04702891845 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70607172884 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 117.0 145.348785872 80% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.590909090909 0.540411800872 109% => OK
syllable_count: 306.9 419.366225166 73% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.453751975 49.2860985944 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.5454545455 110.228320801 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.0 21.698381199 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.90909090909 7.06452816374 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.111615546265 0.272083759551 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0407843092207 0.0996497079465 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0408532695492 0.0662205650399 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0781707342469 0.162205337803 48% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0502484987426 0.0443174109184 113% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.3 13.3589403974 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.6 12.2367328918 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.92 8.42419426049 106% => OK
difficult_words: 55.0 63.6247240618 86% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:

para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3

Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).

Don't need a conclusion paragraph.

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Rates: 71.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.5 Out of 30
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