Thus, the behavioristic computer acts exactly as the behavioristic person- by reacting to certain stimuli. The whole question of a behavioristic machine is not if we are able or not to build such a computer but indeed if the mind and the human being is conditioned to such a simplistic functioning. Here, the question of free will occurs. No doubt that even human beings can be convinced using certain stimuli that hey should act in a certain way in different situations. In fact, this is the main theory manipulation works on. Still, it can be argued that as long as there is free will, man is not a purely behavioristic being.

Summarizing, my essay started off by stating that if we want to create artificial intelligence we should first define what we understand through the human mind, and identify a certain mechanism through which it works. Then, I presented four different such mechanisms that describe the way the mind works, corresponding to four philosophical views. I conjectured that any kind of test would presuppose that the machine was created bearing in mind one of these concepts of the mind. After presenting and discussing one previous such test, I have proposed an alternative one, based on the behaviorist interpretation of the mind.