1- Is the Turing test a valid test of intelligence? Why or why not?
2- List several mental task that people do better than computers. List several mental tasks that computers do better than people. Can you find any general characteristics that distinguish the items of the two lists?

I do not think that the Turing Test is a valid test because it does not prove that a computer is intelligent. In this case it seems that the computer just relates information that had been inputted at one time. Some one would have had have to inputted the answer because the computer would not know on its own.

Computers
-quick calculations
-remembering recent activities

People
-Translating (accuracy)
-Deciphering meaning based on linguistic context
-Imagination
-Thinking

General characteristics that distinguish the two: speed, memory, and understanding.