Are These Things Thinking and Are They Alive?

"I can't get away from feeling like I mean if a bacteria is alive then I think some of these computer programs are alive and I have a hard time with that," he says. "Where are we at and at what point do I have to feel bad about turning off a computer program?" the author asks. 'We look at other intelligent animals that we could like dolphins for instance they wouldn't pass a Turing test because they don't speak the same language as humans'