商品描述
A handbook and autoethnography for the Imitation Game, a new method of social research that is the human equivalent of the Turing Test. The Imitation Game is the human equivalent of the Turing Test. Through written responses to questions, hidden individuals and/or groups try to pass as members of groups to which they do not belong, while judges compare the responses of genuine members trying to identify the participants, assigning confidence levels to their judgments. In
Imitation Games and Turing Tests, Harry Collins, Martin Hall, Robert Evans, and Martin Weinel show how to use this technique as a new research method for the social sciences. The second part of the book, which presents a more ethnographic account the development of the research method, includes extensive extracts from Collins's work diary.
The method is based on the idea of the social group as the unit of analysis. It looks for the tacit knowledge and linguistic fluency associated with membership of a particular group. The target group may be large and diverse, such as car drivers or women, or narrowly defined, such as radio listeners or those with color blindness, or even individual researchers embedding themselves in a novel environment. The authors discuss statistical analyses of their results and whether the method requires investigators to learn to understand the cultures they are exploring.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
一本介紹「模仿遊戲」（Imitation Game）的指南與自我民族誌（autoethnography）著作。模仿遊戲是一種全新的社會研究方法，可視為人類版本的圖靈測試（Turing Test）。
模仿遊戲是圖靈測試在人類身上的等效形式。參與者透過對問題提供書面回答，隱藏身分的個人及／或群體試圖冒充自己並不屬於的群體成員；同時，評審會比較真正成員的回答，嘗試辨識各參與者，並為自己的判斷評定信心水準。在《Imitation Games and Turing Tests》一書中，Harry Collins、Martin Hall、Robert Evans 與 Martin Weinel 說明如何將這項技術運用為社會科學的一種新研究方法。本書第二部分以更具民族誌色彩的方式，介紹這項研究方法的發展過程，其中收錄了 Collins 工作日誌的大量摘錄。
這項方法以「社會群體」作為分析單位。它探尋與特定群體成員身分相關的默會知識（tacit knowledge）與語言流暢度。目標群體可能規模龐大且多元，例如汽車駕駛人或女性；也可能定義得十分狹窄，例如收聽廣播的人或色盲者；甚至可以是將自身置於新環境中的個別研究者。作者討論了研究結果的統計分析，以及研究人員是否必須學習理解自己所探索的文化，才能運用這項方法。
作者簡介
Harry Collins is Honorary Professor at the Institute of Education in University College, London and a Fellow of the British Academy. His many books include
Forms of Life (MIT Press),
Gravity's Kiss (MIT Press), and
Changing Order.
Martin Hall is an independent software developer with experience in both academic and commercial sectors. He has particular expertise in web development and systems integration.
Robert Evans is Personal Chair in the School of Social and Spatial Sciences at Cardiff University. He is coauthor (with Harry Collins) of
Rethinking Expertise and
Why Democracies Need Science and (with Harry Collins, Darrin Durant and Martin Weinel) of
Expertise and the Will of the People.
Martin Weinel is a social researcher working on the intersection between technology and work.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Harry Collins 是 London University College Institute of Education 的榮譽教授，也是 British Academy 院士。他的著作包括《Forms of Life》（MIT Press 出版）、《Gravity's Kiss》（MIT Press 出版）以及《Changing Order》。
Martin Hall 是一名獨立軟體開發人員，具備學術界與商業領域的工作經驗。他特別專精於 Web 開發與系統整合。
Robert Evans 是 Cardiff University 社會與空間科學學院的講座教授。他與 Harry Collins 合著《Rethinking Expertise》及《Why Democracies Need Science》，並與 Harry Collins、Darrin Durant 和 Martin Weinel 合著《Expertise and the Will of the People》。
Martin Weinel 是一名社會研究者，研究科技與工作之間的交會領域。
