The Human Soul and its Deceptions: Early Modern Imitation Games
Social Science Computer Review
Published online on April 18, 2026
Abstract
Social Science Computer Review, Ahead of Print.
Early modern writers had much to say about how humans and other animals compared to machines. René Descartes (1596–1650) argued that an automaton could never convincingly impersonate human intelligence, however lifelike it seemed. To set the stage, I will ...
Early modern writers had much to say about how humans and other animals compared to machines. René Descartes (1596–1650) argued that an automaton could never convincingly impersonate human intelligence, however lifelike it seemed. To set the stage, I will ...