Telling a lie as a joke or to fool someone is a harmless type of lie, also known as a jocose lie.

开玩笑或捉弄人般地说谎是无害的谎言，也称为戏虐性的谎言。

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How can the ability to fool someone into thinking that a machine is a person prove the machine can think?

让人们误以为机器是人怎么就能证明机器能思考呢？

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You probably just said. How can the ability to fool someone into thinking that a machine is a person prove the machine can think?

你可能会说，让别人以为机器是人这个实验怎么能证明机器能思考呢？

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"I don't want to make a fool of myself referring someone who asked for my help" to an adviser who will reject him, he says.

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