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A computer just passed the Turing Test in landmark trial
Washington Post ^
| 6/9/14
| TERRENCE MCCOY
Posted on 06/09/2014 5:04:19 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
....In 1950, famed London scientist Alan Turing, considered one of the fathers of artificial intelligence, published a paper that put forth that very question. But as quickly he asked the question, he called it “absurd.” The idea of thinking was too difficult to define. Instead, he devised a separate way to quantify mechanical “thinking.”....
What he meant was: Can a computer trick a human into thinking it’s actually a fellow human? That question gave birth to the “Turing Test” 65 years ago...
For a computer to pass the test, it must only dupe 30 percent of the human interrogators who converse with the computer for five minutes in a text conversation.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: technology
Spooky.
To: SoFloFreeper
Sounds like the Ted Bell, “Phantom” novel.
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posted on
06/09/2014 5:08:20 AM PDT
by
CincyRichieRich
(Refuse to remain silent.)
To: SoFloFreeper
If the test for sentience is a thirteen year old boy from Ukraine, we gave a very low standard.
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posted on
06/09/2014 5:14:43 AM PDT
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: SoFloFreeper; GraceG; SevenofNine
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posted on
06/09/2014 5:23:02 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: Ouchthatonehurt
It was a gimmick on the Turing test, not a real test at all.
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posted on
06/09/2014 5:27:20 AM PDT
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: SoFloFreeper
For a computer to pass the test, it must only dupe 30 percent of the human interrogators who converse with the computer for five minutes in a text conversation. Sounds like Common Core.
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posted on
06/09/2014 5:36:46 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: SoFloFreeper
Obviously they did not apply the Voight-Kampff correctly.
To: SoFloFreeper
Since people text each other so much with poor english and punctuation why is anyone surprised?
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posted on
06/09/2014 7:05:06 AM PDT
by
cableguymn
(It's time for a second political party.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Was it this guy who took the test?
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posted on
06/09/2014 8:10:43 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(Unexpected things coming for the next few years.)
To: KC_Lion
I think the future lies in digitizing existing neural stuctures into an emulation/simulation type device.
You know like Cortana....
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posted on
06/09/2014 8:28:26 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: KC_Lion
You forgot somebody Maria from Metropolis LOL!
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posted on
06/09/2014 9:00:41 AM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
To: SoFloFreeper
For a computer to pass the test, it must only dupe 30 percent of the human interrogators who converse with the computer for five minutes in a text conversation. Set the bar a bit low there, didn't ya Sparky?
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posted on
06/09/2014 9:06:38 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Considering something like 25% of people believe animals are capable of sentient thought, I would guess my old Texas Instruments pocket calculator could pass the Turing Test.
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posted on
06/09/2014 9:29:53 AM PDT
by
henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Sounds like Common Core. Yes it does. The computer acted stupid, pretending not to know answers to some of the questions. That convinced some of the judges.
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posted on
06/09/2014 9:40:04 AM PDT
by
aimhigh
(1 John 3:23)
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