This article analyzes the ideas of thinking machines proposed by Alan Turing and the concept of the Turing Test within the context of contemporary artificial intelligence and the philosophy of mind uploading. The study examines the methodological foundations of the Turing Test and argues that evaluating machine intelligence through external behavior enables an understanding of consciousness as a set of functional processes. This approach is comparatively analyzed alongside David Chalmers’ distinction between the “easy problems” and the “hard problem” of consciousness. 

Alan Turing, Turing Test, artificial intelligence, thinking machine, digital computer, philosophy of mind, mind uploading, functionalism, subjective experience, qualia, David Chalmers, personal identity, digital consciousness.

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