PrepTest B, Section 4, Question 19

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A successful chess-playing computer would prove either that a machine can think or that chess does not involve thinking. In either case the conception of human intelligence would surely change.

A successful chess-playing computer would prove either that a machine can think or that chess does not involve thinking. In either case the conception of human intelligence would surely change.

A successful chess-playing computer would prove either that a machine can think or that chess does not involve thinking. In either case the conception of human intelligence would surely change.

A successful chess-playing computer would prove either that a machine can think or that chess does not involve thinking. In either case the conception of human intelligence would surely change.

Question
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The reasoning above is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it does not consider the possibility that

the conception of intelligence is inextricably linked to that of thought

a truly successful chess program may never be invented

computer programs have been successfully applied to games other than chess

a successful chess-playing computer would not model a human approach to chess playing

the inability to play chess has more to do with lack of opportunity than with lack of intelligence

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