Who's behind the wall? (1977)

A scientist reads "blank verse" composed not by a human, but by a computer, talks about the ability of a machine to compose poetry and the theme of the film (synchronously).

The tape of a reel-to-reel tape recorder is spinning, a conversation with an academician, cyberneticist V.M. Glushkov on the topic: "Can a machine think?", about the creation of artificial intelligence in the near future is heard off-screen.

Staging: the head of a scientific institution Igor Mikhailovich Glushkov listens to a secretary's report on a meeting over an intercom, gives orders.

Journalists ask a question on the topic "Can a machine think?" and about the timing of the creation of artificial intelligence.

The director of a technical research institute talks about the testing procedure proposed by A. Turing, presents his arguments, talks about an imitation game that proves the thinking abilities of a machine, discusses the ability of a machine to act consciously (synchronously).

Glushkov offers the journalists coffee from a coffee pot that appeared in an open niche in the wall of the office.

Glushkov discusses with journalists the issue of a machine performing human functions compatible with the thinking process, playing imitation (synchronously).

Glushkov turns on a switch on the table, an image of a person appears on the screen, voicing the conditions of the experiment "Imitation Game", the appearance of the experiment participants on other screens - a person, a Luch-10 machine, the appearance on one of the screens of faces synthesized by the machine - machine phantoms (synchronously).

The participants of the game on the screens state their names and surnames (synchronously).

The journalist as an examiner asks questions - which of the participants is a person, can a machine think?, the participants of the game answer the questions, justify their answers (synchronously).

One of the participants of the game objects to his opponent about the terms (synchronously).

The journalists discuss which of the participants of the game is a person and who is a machine, express opposing opinions, give arguments, ask the participants of the game a riddle, the participants of the game do not know the answer (synchronously).

The journalist asks the participants of the game a question about a sense of humor (synchronously).

The game participants joke about "Man and Machine" (synchronously).

The journalists give the game participants a task - to come up with a plot for a science fiction story (synchronously).

The game participants present their versions of plots (synchronously).

The game participants play burime on the journalists' assignment, read poems they have written (synchronously).

The journalist gives the game participants a task to multiply numbers in their heads.

The journalist asks a question about the moral side of actions (synchronously).

One of the players gives up and admits that he is a machine.

Glushkov gives the employee on the screen a task to check the system.

Glushkov sees the journalists off at the end of the game and interview.

The assistant reports to Glushkov via video link about a mental disorder of one of the game participants (synchronously).

Glushkov gives the assistant an order.

Glushkov talks to the Luch-10 machine via video link, sums up the results of the experiment (synchronously).

The machine on the screen changes its face on Glushkov's order, an image of a woman appears.

Glushkov analyzes the machine's actions during the experiment, the machine expresses its view on the question of the machine's ability to think, talks about the difference between the machine's purposefulness and the meaningfulness of human actions (synchronously).

Glushkov's and the woman's faces on the screen.