Summarize the main points made in the lecture explains how they cast doubts to the point made in the reading.
Topic: Do computer thinks?
The speaker is responding to a question about if computers think. He provides some reasons to show that computers do not think, and the turing study it is not acurate to respond this question. In contrast, the article claims that looks like if computer thinks and the turing test might prove it.
First, the article states that an experiment will ask a person to ask a question to a computer. The computer will answer, and base on the response the person who asked the question will defines if it was a computer or a person that answered. The professor is against this study because he thinks that this study will not work due to the fact that computers have a wide reference of languages. For example, if an american speaker ask a typing question to a chinesse speaker, then, the chinesse response will be translated automatically to English by the computer in order to make the american speaker understand, but this does not mean that the computer is thinking, rather the computer is programmed to do that.
Second, the article states that the author of the turing test is offering a huge amount of money to the computer programmer who can surpass the study. In contrast, the professor states that the study do not respond the most important question if computer thinks because computers have a program behavior, they are not aware about the things that they do. In conclusion, the study won't be accurate.
To sum up, the professor disagrees that the turing test is an effective method to prove that computers think.
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a question about if computers think.
a question about whether computers think.
looks like if computer thinks and the turing test might prove it.
looks like whether computer thinks and the turing test might prove it.
will defines if it was a computer
will define if it was a computer
if an american speaker ask a typing question
if an American speaker asks a typing question
Sentence: He provides some reasons to show that computers do not think, and the turing study it is not acurate to respond this question.
Error: turing Suggestion: No alternate word
Error: acurate Suggestion: accurate
Sentence: In contrast, the article claims that looks like if computer thinks and the turing test might prove it.
Error: turing Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: Second, the article states that the author of the turing test is offering a huge amount of money to the computer programmer who can surpass the study.
Error: turing Suggestion: No alternate word
Sentence: To sum up, the professor disagrees that the turing test is an effective method to prove that computers think.
Error: turing Suggestion: No alternate word
flaws:
The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Don't need to reiterate the contents of reading passages or as less as possible.
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
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Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 17 in 30
Category: Satisfactory Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 4 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 5 2
No. of Sentences: 11 12
No. of Words: 265 250
No. of Characters: 1230 1200
No. of Different Words: 113 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.035 4.2
Average Word Length: 4.642 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.488 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 91 80
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 69 60
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 50 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 21 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 24.091 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 11.642 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.818 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.407 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.63 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.136 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 4 4