Turing Test and its Significance

In this essay I shall go about to pursue the works of A.M. Turing, Daniel C. Dennet, and others to show the reader that the claim made by Turing--that the Turing Test is an indication of true thinking--is undoubtedly a strong fact and holds true to machine intelligence. For the purpose of this essay, true thinking is defined as 'thinking' one would normally recognize in any human, including him or herself; the capability to 'think' which is specific to humans only. …