The reading describes an experiment called the Alan Turing's test, which is still used today.

A group of
people are asked to interact with someone in another room through a computer terminal. They don't
know whether it is another person or a computer. They can ask any questions that they want. In
response, they see the answers on a computer screen or they hear them played back by a voice
synthesizer. At the end, the people have to decide whether they have been talking to a person or to a
computer. The aim is to prove that a machine is actually capable of higher-level thought processes
similar to those of a human.

According to the lecture, John Searle’s Chinese room, an English speaking person is able to respond to
questions in Chinese by referring to source material that allows him or her to break the code. Moreover,
a machine can be programmed to produce responses that appear to be intelligent without the
awareness required for thoughts.

In contrast, a computer could pass the Turing test if it were programmed to generate behavioral output
but the Turing test itself.