Dunno what the big deal is, I passed that test and I didn't even study! :-)
Cheers, bob On Jun 9, 2014, at 1:15 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > As was pointed out on /., this so-called success is bogus because of its > self-imposed limitations and the Turing Test itself is of dubious value. > > I liked a comment illustrating the first point, alluding to an AI called > "Ya So Dum" that emulates a Chinese toddler. > > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Björn Helgason <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Put the AI into a latex doll and...... >> On 9 Jun 2014 08:50, "Jack Andrews" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Nice one, Donna. >>> >>> The funniest thing I ever read about the Turing test (well, it wasn't >>> written in terms of that test, but I refer to it as the reverse Turing >>> test)... A hotel wanted to keep up with the competition, so when hotel >>> patrons chose a movie, there were people on roller skates in the basement >>> finding the tape and pushing it into a VCR. >>> If that happened today, I'd be completely fooled into thinking an >> automated >>> system was feeding me. Or maybe it was an automated system... :) >>> >>> The Turing test has been passed before. >>> It all hangs on the interpretation of the "Turing test". >>> >>> Ta, Jack >>> >>> On Sunday, June 8, 2014, Donna Y <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> TURING TEST SUCCESS MARKS MILESTONE IN COMPUTING HISTORY >>>> >>>> Release Date 08 June 2014 >>>> >>>> Donna Y >>>> [email protected] <javascript:;> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR583836.aspx >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > > -- > Devon McCormick, CFA > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
