Machines are designed to calculate, capture and store images. The machines are also made to help make people's lives simpler and more efficient. For example, we can track our financial transactions via computers. Furthermore, we are now able to communicate with other individuals from different countries thanks to technology. As technology advances, some individuals believe that machines have qualities like humans, such as consciousness and the structure of the human body. But can machines really have consciousness like humans? Similarly, Alan Turing and John Searle debated whether or not machines have consciousness. This discussion will be based on Turing and Searle's explanation and why I believe machines cannot have consciousness. In Turing's "Computing Machinery and Intelligence", he uses the imitation game as an example of how machines can think. The imitation game occurs when a man and a woman are separated into different rooms and another individual asks questions of both the man and the woman. However, the man answers the questions as if he were a woman. Therefore, man must have knowledge about women to answer questions. Likewise, if man were replaced by a machine, then the machine should have knowledge of man. Furthermore, Turing criticizes the new problem by explaining that the probability of the imitation game is heavily weighted against the machine because the machine is mechanically precise and fast at finding answers. For example, if a man and a machine solved an arithmetic problem, then the machine would win due to its speed and accuracy. Turing believes that machines can have the ability to think, but in a different way from human beings because... middle of paper... for a machine to be conscious, it must however acquire the appropriate physical structure. Furthermore, I believe that machines cannot have a conscience because they cannot actually have emotions, morals, or opinions. I believe that to have emotions, morals and opinions the machine must have a soul. Furthermore, machines do not have the freedom to make positive or negative decisions because they are programmed to behave in a certain way. Therefore, machines cannot have consciousness or replicate human characteristics. Works Cited Turing, Alan. "Computing machines and intelligence". Mind. 1950. March 11. 14.> http://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/471/papers/turing.pdfSearle, John. "Minds, brains and programs". Behavioral and brain sciences. 1980. March 11. 14.