> From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --- On Sun, 6/1/08, John G. Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > AI has a long way to go to thwart CAPTCHAs altogether.
> > There are math CAPTCHAs (MAPTCHAs), 3-D CAPTCHAs, image rec CAPTCHAs,
> > audio and I can think
> > of some that are quite difficult for AI. Actually coming up
> > with new CAPTCHAs would be a neat AI subproject, as well as
> > thwarting existing ones.
> 
> I think security is going to be a driving force behind AI development.
> You can see which way this is heading. It is a scruffy approach, no
> grand theories, just a series of hacks and incremental improvements on
> both sides to get the job done. Ultimately all CAPTCHAs will fail and we
> will need AI to detect malicious activity downstream.
> 
> > > > Does that have anything to do with consciousness?
> > > > What's the test for consciousness?
> > >
> > > I think the way you are using the term, it is the Turing test.
> > >
> >
> > Are you sure? Isn't that supposed to just differentiate
> > between computer and human? Not between unconscious and
> > conscious? Unless you think consciousness is just belief...
> 
> Yes. A CAPTCHA is a cheap Turing test. Whether a machine "thinks" or is
> conscious is just an irrelevant distraction that Turing wanted to avoid.
 


OK How about this. A CAPTCHA that combines human audio and visual illusion
that evokes a realtime reaction only in a conscious physical human.  Can
audio visual illusion be used as a test for consciousness? Could it be used
to evoke a specific conscious-only reaction in a human mind? Hmm...

John






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