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12. That would be like the Turing Test

Reply to Martin68 (Reply #11)

Fri May 26, 2023, 07:18 PM

May 2023

Here’s a snippet from the wiki page on the Turing Test:

Since Turing introduced his test, it has been both highly influential and widely criticised, and has become an important concept in the philosophy of artificial intelligence.[7][8][9] Some of its criticisms, such as John Searle's Chinese room, are themselves controversial.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test

While passing the Turing Test would be very impressive, I think it’s important not to mischaracterize it. I get fatigued by all the tech hype that is thrown around to attract investors and sales. I don’t think it is helpful.

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An AI thought experiment by Emily Bender [View all] BootinUp May 2023 OP

The connection I can make from this thought experiment is 1WorldHope May 2023 #1

I can't really imagine it too well. BootinUp May 2023 #2

There is a more recent and more honest documentary, I saw it on someone's Apple TV app. . 1WorldHope May 2023 #3

This thought experiment is pretty much self-serving, and its conclusion, although correct, is moot. Beastly Boy May 2023 #4

It's fairly clear that people misunderstand BootinUp May 2023 #5

Turns out Emily's experiment is not a novel idea. See John Searle's Chinese room BootinUp May 2023 #7

I think her point is we are the ones making sense of the botted cachukis May 2023 #6

Interesting. Ty BootinUp May 2023 #10

I'm not sure the thought experiment here accurately reproduces the situation of a computer Martin68 May 2023 #8

The point of the experiment is to show BootinUp May 2023 #9

If you can't tell the difference then it's like not knowing if Schrodinger's box contains Martin68 May 2023 #11

That would be like the Turing Test BootinUp May 2023 #12

When I posted my previous response, I took for granted what appeared self-evident to me. Beastly Boy May 2023 #13

I see that mine is the minority opinion. I am aware that my test is basically the same as Martin68 May 2023 #14

In my view, the Thai Library experiment demonstrates the difference between Beastly Boy May 2023 #15

Sometimes my replies are very short BootinUp May 2023 #16

If the reliability issues persist then it will be clear that AI is not intelligent because those Martin68 May 2023 #17