01_Weaver_throughout the article, Weaver discusses the mathematical and engineering implications of transmission of information. Towards the end, he hints that such a system of transmission, based on probability and entropy, can also be applied to the meaning of such information. Can the same mathematical system be applied to convey meaning? Is it a codification of words, or does it also code inflection, facial expression and emotion, or abstraction?

02_Turing_pg58_Turing raises the point about a machine being able to enjoy strawberries and cream. To me, this enjoyment comes from an emotional response in humans. Could a machine be programmed to experience emotions? If you’re told what to feel, are you truly feeling that emotion? Is emotion separate from thinking and thought?

03_Turning_pg58-59_The Lady Lovelace objection is something that I’m still not completely sold on. Indeed, Turing acknowledges his own replay does not satisfy everyone. In regards to the imitation game, are you programming the machine to ‘think’? or are you simply programming it to play a game? Is there a victory in knowing you programmed a machine to win a game? or does it only prove machines are designed to accomplish a task and nothing more?