Computers, Information Technology, the Internet, Ethics, Society and Human Values Philip Pecorino, Ph.D. Queensborough Community College, CUNY Chapter 13 Artificial Intelligence and Being Human |
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THE TURING TEST Alan Turing was the Philosopher and Mathematician who thought of the Test which is named after him. Turing held that computers would in time be programmed to acquire abilities rivaling human intelligence. As part of his argument Turing put forward the idea of an 'imitation game', in which a human being and a computer would be interrogated under conditions where the interrogator would not know which was which, the communication being entirely by textual messages. Turing argued that if the interrogator could not distinguish them by questioning, then it would be unreasonable not to call the computer intelligent. Turing's 'imitation game' is now usually called 'the Turing test' for intelligence. Prizes have been offered for the programs that best simulate human conversation and have AI. http://www.loebner.net/Prizef/loebner-prize.htmlYou are invited to participate in a simple form of the Turing Test by going to this site to interact with some of the Chat Bots including award winning programs.
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Alan Turing HOMEPAGE: Website http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/ Artificial Intelligence Organizations
Directory THE TURING TEST IS NOT A TRICK: TURING INDISTINGUISHABILITY IS A SCIENTIFIC CRITERION by Stevan HarnadArtificial Intelligence Information This page contains a directory of AI organisations and associations around the world. It is maintained by Amruth N. Kumar (amruth@ramapo.edu).History of Artificial Intelligence and much more!! http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/bbhist.html Computing, Machinery, and Intelligence. Alan Turing's classic essay.
Turing Test: 50 Years Later by Ayse Pinar Saygin, Ilyas
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