# Is There a Turing Test for Living Rather Than Thinking by Neil Gershenfeld > “Is there a Turing test for living rather than thinking that can distinguish animate from automata?” > **— Neil Gershenfeld**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Neil Gershenfeld](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27453) — Neil Gershenfeld's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-260). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event|The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Artificial Life|Artificial Life]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Is there a Turing test for living rather than thinking that can distinguish animate from automata?” — Neil Gershenfeld, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-neil-gershenfeld-there-turing-test-for-living ```