Suppose, says Searle, that this computer performs its task so convincingly that it comfortably passes the Turing test: it convinces a human Chinese speaker that the program is itself a live Chinese speaker.

Jacob M. Appel's widely anthologized short story, A Comparative Seismology, features a con artist who convinces an elderly woman that an apocalyptic earthquake is imminent.

Claudius convinces Laertes that Hamlet is solely responsible ; then news arrives that Hamlet is still alive — a story is spread that his ship was attacked by pirates on the way to England, and he has returned to Denmark.

She is reunited with the original X-Men, and convinces them to form the new superhero team X-Factor.

Successful brinksmanship convinces the other party they have no choice but to accept the offer and there is no acceptable alternative to the proposed agreement.

Helped to escape on the night before his execution by Garth, Devon convinces Rachel and Garth to come with him and after making their way to the bridge they have found that it had been damaged and its control systems made in-operative, the crew killed ( a few skeletal bodies are lying there ) and the ARK is on a collision course with a Class G star similar to the Sun.

Spider-Man convinces Lightwave to realize that the half-brother she loves is in mortal danger.

Ricky convinces Jane to flee with him to New York City and tells the vain Angela she is ordinary.

However, when one of these synthesists seeks him out, inquiring when he plans to continue his line, he finds himself drawn into an adventure which not only gives him purpose but convinces him that his society is worth saving after all.

Scientific progress is satirized as often as it is glorified, and Heinlein displays his disdain for positivism, as his protagonist convinces the society's leaders to plow vast amounts of money into research on topics such as telepathy and the immortality of the soul.

In these versions, the main character is typically a tramp looking for food and lodgings, who convinces an old woman that he will make nail soup for the both of them if she would just add a few ingredients for the garnish.

Besides discouraging animals that eat live prey, playing possum also convinces some large animals that the opossum is no threat to their young.

In Shakespeare's Richard III he is stabbed by one of the Murderers after he convinces the other not to stab him, and then drowned in a vat of Malmsey, though off-stage.

" Although he acknowledged that the film was not without its charms — Paris and Cannes being " two of the most photogenic cities on earth "— Ebert wrote, " Kline's Frenchman is somehow not worldly enough, and Ryan's heroine never convinces us she ever loved her fiance in the first place.

A mysterious barkeep ( Bruce McGill ) appears to know much more about Sam's leaping, but in the end convinces Sam that he is in control of his own leaping, and that it is his choice to return home or not.

Hari then meets reporter Chetter Hummin, who convinces him that Cleon's first minister Eto Demerzel is attempting to capture him, and that it is therefore imperative for Hari to escape and to try to make psychohistory practical.

Steele convinces her the ailments she is experiencing are serious and potentially life-threatening, and puts his career plans on hold to tend to her.

An influential character in the film is the beatnik poet, who convinces the group to accept the busboy as a significant artist.

Hooker, posing as Shaw's disgruntled employee " Kelly ", is sent to collect the winnings and instead convinces Lonnegan that he wants to take over Shaw's operation.

For example, an anti-inflation campaign by the central bank is more effective if it is seen as " credible ," i. e., if it convinces people that it will " stick to its guns.

In Episode I, amid a trade dispute, blockade and invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation, then-Senator Palpatine convinces Naboo's Queen Padmé Amidala to address the Galactic Senate, in order to call for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor of the Republic Finis Valorum's leadership, due to his alleged inability to act quickly to end the occupation of Naboo.

Leo is afraid such a criminal venture will fail and they will go to prison ; but Max eventually convinces him that his drab existence is no better than prison.

Panasper convinces them that they cannot rule the planet alone, since they share no common language with the rest of the population and can not rely on the cooperation of the other segments of the people of Pao, and they allow him to keep his office.

Voyager convinces 8472, led by an individual posing as Boothby, that the Federation has no quarrel with them – it had in fact long been known that the Borg themselves started the war between the two species by invading fluidic space to assimilate the superior technology of Species 8472.

Fully confused at this point, Corwin reveals that he has no memory of what they have been doing or of who he is so Deirdre convinces him to walk the Pattern, which she believes will restore his memory.

Bennie convinces Elita to go on a road trip with him to visit Garcia's grave, claiming that he only wants proof that Garcia is in fact dead and no longer a threat to their relationship.

Later, framing Lamorak as his mother's killer, Gaheris convinces Gawain, Agravain and Mordred to join him in ambushing and killing Lamorak ( gentle, loving Gareth takes no part ).

* Rationalization ( making excuses ): Where a person convinces him or herself that no wrong was done and that all is or was all right through faulty and false reasoning.

Vanessa convinces her husband that she wishes no further violence, and they leave.

Eric alerts the police, and his explanation of why his suspicions were aroused when giving an interview on the local news finally convinces Heidi that there is no hope for her marriage to Eric.

Although Kaiba plays no direct part in the memory world in the manga, in the anime, Yami Bakura gives him the Millennium Eye, which begins to show Kaiba visions and convinces him to fly to Egypt to determine if they are real or not.

At Izu, Mongaku convinces Minamoto no Yoritomo to revolt against the Taira.

Informally, a language L is in MA if for all strings in the language, there is a polynomial sized proof that Merlin can send Arthur to convince him of this fact with high probability, and for all strings not in the language there is no proof that convinces Arthur with high probability.

However, the Flash convinces him that no one is invincible and the group of heroes are agreeing to join the Flash.

Elizabeth offers no resistance to his forces, but once alone with him, convinces him that she will accept joint rule of the kingdom.

Natalie convinces Paul that Tosh's death was not a suicide and they look for evidence about the Stanley Hall Massacre, but they find no evidence and all the old newspaper clippings in the library from 1972 when the killings took place are gone.

This convinces her that the information is most likely correct and she immediately charters a private jet out of LAX to an American base in Antarctica in a region with no rainfall.

Shortly after the choir leaves, Mr. Crisp discovers Mary Clarence is no nun and convinces Father Maurice to withdraw them from the competition.

A stranger convinces her that running will do her no good for wherever she goes, Lord Rahl's soldiers will find her.

Olive convinces him that the mean letters from children are really from the mailman, since they have no postmark, and is put with the other reindeer to fly Santa's sleigh.

At great personal risk, Samanov finally convinces the Soviet leadership to accept a compromise plan: no nuclear weapons will be detonated, the United States will be divided into " client states " such as Heartland, and the United States Capitol will be destroyed as a symbolic gesture of the end of America.