Who cares about the Turing test ? What does it have to do with being alive ? =)))))))))))))))))))
On Friday 12 July 2024 at 03:09:57 UTC+3 Brent Meeker wrote: > > > On 7/11/2024 1:56 PM, John Clark wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 4:37 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: > > *> A rock, along with many other things, can't pass a first grade >> arithmetic tes either; but that doesn't show that anything that can't pass >> a first grade arithmetic test is unintelligent or unconscious, as for >> example an octopus or a 3yr old child.* >> > > And because of their failure to pass a first year arithmetic test we would > say that a rock, an octopus and a three year old child are not behaving > very intelligently. > > > > *In case you've forgotten, the Turing test was based on text only > communication between an interlocutor asked to distinguish between a > computer pretending to be a human and a man or woman pretending to be a > woman or man. It's already been passed by some LLM's by dumbing-down their > response. It may be all you've got but it's a very poor test that can't > tell the difference between a 3yr old and a rock. Brent* > > > But as I said before, the Turing Test is not perfect, however it's all > we've got. If something passes the test then it's intelligent and > conscious. If fails the test then it may or may not be intelligent and or > conscious > > See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> > asb > > > >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0VcZSw-%2Bk1McSRRw6DJbwpCz7efp1fA1C9jkRz9xe%2B7Q%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0VcZSw-%2Bk1McSRRw6DJbwpCz7efp1fA1C9jkRz9xe%2B7Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e007f448-a2be-42cf-8c70-65c6cb8a87a1n%40googlegroups.com.

