Computer becomes first to pass Turing Test in artificial intelligence milestone

Tusk

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/computer-becomes-first-to-pass-turing-test-in-artificial-intelligence-milestone-but-academics-warn-of-dangerous-future-9508370.html

I wonder what its opinion is on Bitcoin and crypto currencies is ;-)

StephanTual

Yeah so apparently, this wasn't the Turing test at all, which is itself pretty weak (only needs to kinda look human to 30% of humans involved within 5 minutes)

http://developers.slashdot.org/story/14/06/08/1642252/turing-test-passed

Apparently:
- Program was meant to be a child ('How could know this, after all he's just a child)
- Program was meant to be Ukrainian ('How could he know this Pop music question, he's not from the US')
- Program was mean to have english as a second language ('It's normal for him to sound odd, after all I don't speak Ukrainian myself)

Add to this:
- Questions you could ask it where restricted (I'm afraid 'wouldn't it be weird if you were talking to a dog' wasn't allowed)
- There was no 'super computer' involved, just a regular PC running a chat bot.

TL;DR: Love you Mr Turing, but these test are more marketing than science

Tusk

Thanks for putting it in perspective Stephan

legend218

good points