The 'Turing Test' passed

[Asterix]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/1088483...

Interesting.

[IainT]

Little detail in the article but a fairly important step.

Ethical debate needs to be front and centre now.

[Simpo Two]

Did Turing ever consider how 13 year-old boys might speak, sorry type, in 2014? I'm sure the requirements to pass the 'intelligence' test should be more than just language and typing, lol.

[Asterix]

Simpo Two said:

Did Turing ever consider how 13 year-old boys might speak, sorry type, in 2014? I'm sure the requirements to pass the 'intelligence' test should be more than just language and typing, lol.

If the average 13 year old is like this...



Then I could have been quite easy - "grunt, groan, You don't understand..!"

[Simpo Two]

I think they have found a way to fool a few people that there's a boy on the other end, and jumped from there to 'Woo, Turing Test!' for some easy headlines.

[simoid]

Simpo Two said:

I think they have found a way to fool a few people that there's a boy on the other end, and jumped from there to 'Woo, Turing Test!' for some easy headlines.

On the face of it, the test looks quite simple - two thirds of the experts thought it was a computer

[cold thursday]

simoid said:

On the face of it, the test looks quite simple - two thirds of the experts thought it was a computer

Actually two thirds thought it wasn't. Only 33% thought it was and this was enough to pass the test.

[simoid]

cold thursday said:

Actually two thirds thought it wasn't. Only 33% thought it was and this was enough to pass the test.

33% thought it was a teenager, 67% thought it was a compootah

[RobDickinson]

Turing's test was supposed to be quite complex , aimed at the top 10% of English literature graduates, not surly 13 year old boys.

Media beat up story.

[cold thursday]

simoid said:

33% thought it was a teenager, 67% thought it was a compootah

You are right my bad

[Engineer1]

The computer still fooled some people, and to be fair claiming to be a foreign teenager was a good first step. Someone is unlikely to design the perfect programming to fool the experts in one go, so hopefully this is a first step.

[Asterix]

cold thursday said:

simoid said:

On the face of it, the test looks quite simple - two thirds of the experts thought it was a computer

Actually two thirds thought it wasn't. Only 33% thought it was and this was enough to pass the test.

Less than 33% of the population voted Labour in three times in a row...

probably

[Einion Yrth]

Transcript of a "conversation" with the bot. Utter drivel. Also Kevin Warwick is a feckwit.

[Simpo Two]

Engineer1 said:

The computer still fooled some people, and to be fair claiming to be a foreign teenager was a good first step.

That makes the test even more pointless.

[funkyrobot]

Simpo Two said:

I think they have found a way to fool a few people that there's a boy on the other end, and jumped from there to 'Woo, Turing Test!' for some easy headlines.

Who was the computer talking to? Gary Glitter?

[Engineer1]

Reading the transcript I'd wonder if the 33% the computer convinced could pass a turing test themselves.

[TheExcession]

Engineer1 said:

Reading the transcript I'd wonder if the 33% the computer convinced could pass a turing test themselves.

[Strangely Brown]

Listening to John Humphries talking to it, it comes across as actually pretty crap. Rather than AI having improved I would be more inclined to ask whether human intelligence has gone through the floor. Especially those who were convinced.

Edited by Strangely Brown on Sunday 22 June 09:44

[Prawnboy]

Strangely Brown said:

Listening to John Humphries talking to it, it comes across as actually pretty crap. Rather than AI having improved I would be more inclined to ask whether human intelligence has gone through the floor. Especially those that were convinced.

i heard that this morning, the program types text like a nigerian e-mail scammer- utter st.

[fadeaway]

Simpo Two said:

Engineer1 said:

The computer still fooled some people, and to be fair claiming to be a foreign teenager was a good first step.

That makes the test even more pointless.

Don't dis the test!
The test is fine, this just abuses it. It only works if it's treated fairly. Which is sort of the point of it!