Variations On the Classic Turing Test 82
holy_calamity writes "New Scientist reports on the different flavors of Turing Test being used by AI researchers to judge the human-ness of their creations. While some strive only to meet the 'appearance Turing Test' and build or animate characters that look human, others are investigating how robots can be made to elicit the same brain activity in a person as interacting with a human would."
Dammit, I took one and failed! (Score:3, Funny)
Arrgg... I just took the test and failed. Does this mean that I'm ready to run Linux, and when I die I'll be running FreeBSD?
Syntax (Score:5, Funny)
FORMALISTS' MOTTO: Take care of the syntax and the semantics will take care of itself.
Also, if you are animating a dude, he is thinking about sex. If you are animating anyone else, they are thinking about shopping.
Technically AI is not hard, you just need to lower your mind-mechanics bar and focus on trailer parks, and folk psychology.
Re:Slashdot please help me! (Score:3, Funny)
I dunno, but I get the feeling that Solaris 10 must somehow be involved.
Ninnle passes Turing Test! (Score:1, Funny)
We use turing tests on new hires at my job (Score:5, Funny)
We do interviews via IM and if the interviewee cannot convince two out of three of the interviewers they are not a bot, they don't make it to the second round.
Wonderful! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I think the real test (Score:3, Funny)
Insensitive Clod! (Score:2, Funny)
While some strive only to meet the 'appearance Turing Test'
I don't come here to be insulted, you insensitive clod!
Re:Sweet (Score:4, Funny)
Don't get me wrong, I have a great respect for these scientists, I just wonder how these sorts of real robots will fare on the market.
I think the idea is that robots will be used to do things that humans aren't willing to put up with.
Which means if you can't find someone to put up with you, then maybe a robot is for you.
Re:Abstracting cognitive response is far off (Score:4, Funny)
The easiest way to tell if you are talking to a chat bot
Reaction time is a factor in this, so please pay attention.
You're in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it's crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't, not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
Re:Dammit, I took one and failed! (Score:4, Funny)
Eliza: Can you elaborate on that?
Turing Test won with Artificial Stupidity (Score:3, Funny)
Artificial intelligence came a step closer this weekend when a computer came within five percent of passing the Turing Test [today.com], which the computer passes if people cannot tell between the computer and a human.
The winning conversation was with competitor LOLBOT:
The human tester said he couldn't believe a computer could be so mind-numbingly stupid.
LOLBOT has since been released into the wild to post random abuse, hentai manga and titty shots to 4chan, after having been banned from YouTube for commenting in a perspicacious and on-topic manner.
LOLBOT was also preemptively banned from editing Wikipedia. "We don't consider this sort of thing a suitable use of the encyclopedia," sniffed administrator WikiFiddler451, who said it had nothing to do with his having been one of the human test subjects picked as a computer.
"This is a marvellous achievement, and shows great progress toward goals I've worked for all my life," said Professor Kevin Warwick of the University of Reading, confirming his status as a system failing the Turing test.
Re:So when is the android pussy coming? (Score:1, Funny)
(posting AC for obvious reasons, LOL)
Re:Abstracting cognitive response is far off (Score:3, Funny)
"A really good AI would be able to keep on topic and understand what has been discussed previously"
Such an AI posting to slashdot would quickly be revealed.