--- Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Google is also close to natural > > language understanding; it can answer simple questions up to a few words. > > Not really. Given a simple short question, it can present a human > with text that a human can recognize as containing the answer (among > other things). That is pretty different from answering the question.
A problem with the Turing test is that a machine fails if it is too smart or too fast or too obedient. Some examples from Google (queries typed exactly as shown): Q. What is the life expectancy of a giraffe? A. Only 25 to 50% of giraffe calves reach adulthood; the life expectancy is between 20 and 25 years in the wild and 28 years in captivity. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe Q. How many gallons in 50 cubic lightyears? A. 50 (cubic lightyears) = 1.11841518 × 10^52 US gallons Q. A stitch in what saves nine? A. A stitch in time saves nine. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. www.bartleby.com/59/3/stitchintime.htm -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
