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mk  ·  3815 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Turing Test passed for the first time

No luck. I would as well. I also wonder how many judges there were.

I expect that this is going to happen with increased frequency.

What percent of judges can a real human fool into thinking that they are human? I doubt it is 100%.





ghostoffuffle  ·  3815 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hah, I definitely know some robotic humans. Think I remember reading somewhere that 50% is about the best you can hope for, because that essentially means you're flipping a coin to determine your decision. You're not gonna get 100% in this test, right, because the point is to trick the audience. If everybody knows you're human, there's something wrong with, what, the other contenders, the test? That's why the 30 something percent standard is actually pretty impressive. As soon as you approach that 50% spot, you're getting into world domination territory. To be fair, the creators of this robot kind of fudged it a little bit by masking the robot as a 13 year old boy, which could explain all sorts of pointless thought processes, shitty grammar, etc. More of a psychological trick than a technical accomplishment. Maybe this is more of a sign that the test standards have to be further specified...

mike  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I thought of that too. A robot using slang and abbreviations could more easily sell itself as human. Some professors I've had, on the other hand, would have a hard time proving they're human.

mike  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think there's only six judges. I don't think they're even trained. Not very convincing, imo. I'm pretty sure my mother could be convinced that Eliza is a human...

The test runs for only five minutes, too. That's it. Are we saying "This machine is indistinguishable from a human!" or are we saying "This machine can imitate a human for five minutes and fool 2 of 6 people!" ? I'm just not sure that's what Turing had in mind...