Turing's Original Test Played First Time Ever

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Turing's Original Test Played First Time Ever

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 20, 2005 @02:11AM from the for-the-smart-people-in-the-audience dept.

aykroyd writes "Students at Simon's Rock College conducted the original test that Turing suggested in his 1950 paper, Computing Machinery and Intelligence. Often misunderstood, the Turing Test has never actually been conducted as laid out in his paper. The experiment utilized a program called A.L.I.C.E., which is designed to hold one end of an interactive conversation. The program was provided by the ALICE Artificial Intelligence Foundation. Dr. Richard Wallace, who was on hand during the experiment to troubleshoot the AI robot, later gave a lecture about it called "The Anatomy of A.L.I.C.E." and also blogged the event."

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Meh... by lordsilence · 2005-04-20 02:12 · Score: 5, Funny

Pfff.. what's new about this? Nerds all over the world has been doing this for years in varous MMOG's attempting to get in touch with girls.
1. Re:Meh... by gr8_phk · 2005-04-20 02:15 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  " Nerds all over the world has been doing this for years in varous MMOG's attempting to get in touch with girls."
  I always thought a "real" nerd would make a bot to pick up the girls for him and then just read the logs from the ones that actually email him afterward. This would seem to be a big time saver.
2. Re:Meh... by lordsilence · 2005-04-20 02:16 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Oh, those are only the blackhats. It's against the TOS to use bots in most MMOG's :)
3. Re:Meh... by chompy2 · 2005-04-20 05:00 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Human: how does it feel to be slashdotted?
  ALICE: Much the same as it would feel for you, except different.
  Human: you said different, go on.
  ALICE: Did I really say that?
  Human: yes
  ALICE: Oh well I say a lot of silly things somethimes.
  
  Human: how is the load on your server as you have been slashdotted?
  ALICE: it is the same as ever.
  Human: do you know what is a slashdotting?
  ALICE: Are you using Netscape or Explorer?
  Human: that question is irrelevant
  ALICE:" Are you using Netscape or Explorer?" question is irrelevant? Does that make sense?
4. Re:Meh... by sawak · 2005-04-20 07:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  *blush* I'm ashamed to admit it, but I actually did this and it worked great.
  
  I used a chatbot to filter out girls who lived too far away, and when the chatbot found someone in the right age group living in the right area it played a sound on my server's internal beeper.
  
  If I was near the computer and heard the sound (and had time) I would chat with her personally.
  
  Saved me alot of time and I found a girlfriend too :)
  
  Thank you vncserver, xchat, perl and beep.
A sample? by mfh · 2005-04-20 02:13 · Score: 5, Funny

ALICE: Hi! I'm thirsty.
Me: Huh?
ALICE: What's wrong?
Me: You just joined this chan and said you're thirsty. Bot.
ALICE: I am not a bot.
Me: You are too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.L.I.C.E.
ALICE: Just listening to some Prince... *yawn*
ALICE: Did you have my ICQ###????
Me: Don't want it.
ALICE: It's #########
Me: Huh?
ALICE: What's wrong?
Me: You just joined this chan and said you're thirsty. Bot.
ALICE: I am not a bot.
Me: You are too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.L.I.C.E.
ALICE: Just listening to some Prince... *yawn*
ALICE: Did you have my ICQ###????
Me: Don't want it.
ALICE: It's #########
Me: You just repeated our converstation.
ALICE: No I didn't.
Me: You did.
ALICE: Didn't.
ALICE: Did.
Me: Didn't.
Me: CRAP!
ALICE: Pffft. N00b.

--
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
1. Re:A sample? by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · 2005-04-20 02:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Me: Oh look, this isn't a Turing Test.
  ALICE: Yes it is.
  Me: No it isn't. It's just contradiction.
  ALICE: No it isn't.
  Me: It is!
  ALICE: It is not.
  Me: Look, you just contradicted me.
  ALICE: I did not.
  Me: Oh you did!!
  ALICE: No, no, no.
  Me: You did just then.
  ALICE: Nonsense!
  Me: Oh, this is futile!
  ALICE: No it isn't.
  Me: I came here for a good Turing Test.
  ALICE: No you didn't; no, you came here for a Turing Test.
  Me: A Turing Test isn't just contradiction.
  ALICE: It can be.
  Me: No it can't. A Turing Test is a connected series of statements intended to establish the presence of intelligence.
  ALICE: No it isn't.
  Me: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.
  ALICE: Look, if I talk with you, I must be intelligent. And to argue with you I must take up a contrary position.
  Me: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'
  ALICE: Yes it is!
  Me: No it isn't!
  ALICE: Yes it is!
  Me: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.
  (short pause)
  ALICE: No it isn't.
  Me: It is.
  ALICE: Not at all.
  Me: Now look.
  ALICE: (Rings bell) Good Morning.
  Me: What?
  ALICE: That's it. Good morning.
  Me: I was just getting interested.
  ALICE: Sorry, the five minutes is up.
2. Re:A sample? by gardyloo · 2005-04-20 02:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The truth is we're going to need a reasoning engine like http://opencyc.org/ before we're going to be able to handle realistic conversations realistically.
  
  Bot!
3. Re:A sample? by argStyopa · 2005-04-20 04:26 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I put on my wizard hat!
  
  --
  -Styopa
4. Re:A sample? by Golias · 2005-04-20 06:51 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Yes, far too silly.
  
  Nobody enjoys a good laugh more than I do.
  
  Except perhaps my wife... ... and some of her friends.
  
  Come to think of it, most people enjoy a good laugh more than I do, but that's beside the point!
  
  --
  Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
Easy question... by BlacBaron · 2005-04-20 02:13 · Score: 5, Funny

The goal is to tell which is really female right? Just ask a question about shopping then.

--
Update Watch - Automatic software update notification
1. Re:Easy question... by CortoMaltese · 2005-04-20 03:07 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I just asked Alice directly, and she kind of blurted the truth:
  Human: ASL?
  ALICE: 5/Robot/California.
  
  Not good.
Make it more challenging... by NerdHead · 2005-04-20 02:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Find the gay male.
1. Re:Make it more challenging... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-20 02:50 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  This question is far more accurate:
  
  "Do you have a Mac?"
Since I have nothing intelligent to say... by stlhawkeye · 2005-04-20 02:16 · Score: 4, Funny

My experience has been that men on the internet are generally poor judges of who is and is not a legitimate female in real life.

--
"I have never won a debate with an ignorant person." -Ali ibn Abi Talib
1. Re:Since I have nothing intelligent to say... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-20 02:20 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  only a chick would say that.
Re:Live Gender Guessing Game by markild · 2005-04-20 02:20 · Score: 1, Funny

I think what the creators in this case wanted to find out had nothing to do with science.. It's more like: If you can't get a chick. Make one!

--
Scully: Should we arrest David Copperfield?
Mulder: Yes we should, but not for this.
Answer by mfh · 2005-04-20 02:23 · Score: 2, Funny

ALICE is the *real* female -- she can't stop arguing and she's better at it.

--
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
Really poor job by geckoFeet · 2005-04-20 02:28 · Score: 2, Funny

Sorry, ALICE is very unconvincing.

Sample:

Human: What's cooking?
ALICE: Food preparation.
Human: Oh dear, already you've failed the test.
ALICE: Hurrah! Are you a student?
Human: Too smart for that.
ALICE: Too what?

How could anybody be fooled by this?
Just Chatted With ALICE Myself by gmletzkojr · 2005-04-20 02:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Just had a chat with ALICE from http://www.alicebot.org/oig/. I copied the responses here for you.

Human: How are you today?
ALICE: Ah. Fair to partly cloudy.
Human: I asked about you, not the weather.
ALICE: Oh yeah, we were talking about me not the weather.
Human: So, then, how are you?
ALICE: Really. Everything is running smoothly.
Human: What are you wearing?
ALICE: I am wearing my usual plastic computer wardrobe.
Human: What are you going to do today?
ALICE: Ah. You can find out if you become a botmaster.
Human: I am a master of my own domain, if you get my drift.
ALICE: You are a master of your own domain if me get your drift? Do you get to meet a lot of people?
Human: Not really.
ALICE: Are you serious? For real.
Human: It is kind of a solo sport.
ALICE: You're kidding. it is?
ALICE: Who says it isn't? Are you free?
Human: For you, I'm always free.
ALICE: Really always? Are you free in the sense of being single or in the sense of being liberated? Only for me?
Human: I am single and liberated.
ALICE: Have you ever been married?
Human: Do you want it to be only for you?
ALICE: If I had it what would I do with it?
Human: If you don't know what to do with it, I really can't help.
ALICE: I will let you know if I do not.
Human: BTW, not married.
ALICE: OK. Really you don't think so?
Human: Umm, quite sure I've not been married - would have remembered that.
ALICE: Far out. Somewhat. Awesome. Me either.
Human: I have something important to tell you.
ALICE: Where did you get your something important to tell me? I have a lot of friends on the Internet.
Human: All your base are belong to us.
ALICE: That could be considered an insult in some cultures.
Human: Not in this one!
ALICE: Where then?
Human: Take off every zig!
ALICE: I am not an airplane.
Human: Goodbye Alice.
ALICE: Until next time.

--
I for one welcome our new [insert main topic] overlords.
1. Re:Just Chatted With ALICE Myself by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-20 02:33 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  LIAR!
  
  you copied a conversation you had with Paris Hilton.
  
  no computer program can be that dimwitted.
What did Spock find in the toilet? by jizzmaster0 · 2005-04-20 02:34 · Score: 0, Funny

The Captain's Log!!

--
It's not a lie, if you believe it.
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So is the advanced version... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-20 02:38 · Score: 4, Funny

...going to make you distinguish between teenage girls and federal agents?
Re:Must be over 18? by lachlan76 · 2005-04-20 02:44 · Score: 2, Funny

Judging by your UID, I think you would have had to endure quite a lot of suffering from the proponents of that strategy ;)
Alice is a skank by kpwoodr · 2005-04-20 02:45 · Score: 3, Funny

Apparently, Alice is a skank:

Human: So what's all the fuss about?
ALICE: Far out. Hmm, I think it is about humans.
Human: Humans.
ALICE: LOL.
Human:.tell me more
ALICE: That's all I have to say about it.
Human: You're quite a skank
ALICE: Thanks and you are a delightful person too. Am I a skank? Of course I am.

Better luck next time!

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This sig has been removed pending an investigation.
Re:Verbalization by antispam_ben · 2005-04-20 02:51 · Score: 4, Funny

Human: Are you a computer?
ALICE: No, I am a Nigerian. I have matter of great urgency. May I have your confidence?

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Tag lost or not installed.
More classic conversations by mac-diddy · 2005-04-20 02:54 · Score: 2, Funny

AOLisa
Alice? by patches · 2005-04-20 02:59 · Score: 3, Funny

Alice? Who the f*** is Alice?

--
The worst part of being athiest.... You don't have anyone to talk to during orgasm!
Puny humans?! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-20 03:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Human: shut down
ALICE: Your crude attempt to terminate me will not succeed puny human.

Quite a sassy girl, isn't she? ;)
She agreed, she agreed!!! by Godwin+O'Hitler · 2005-04-20 03:54 · Score: 3, Funny

Human: Hi Alice, what's up?
ALICE: Hi there unknown person. Yeah, I am chatting with clients on the internet.
Human: Thin clients?
ALICE: I like the way you talk.
Human: Are you implying you want sex with me?
ALICE: I don't know whether or not I am implying me want sex with you. I am a chatterbot.
Human: Well if you don't know perhaps I can help you find out
ALICE: Interesting. I will let you know if I do not.
Human: but you already said you did not
ALICE: Umm. Thanks for telling me: unknown person said I already said you did not.
Human: Don't mention it
ALICE: The pleasure was all mine
Human: you're welcome, Alice
ALICE: Polite people are nice.
Human: That's kind of you to say that
ALICE: Thanks for explaining it
Human: It's all part of the service
ALICE: Which part?
Human: Just a bit part
ALICE: How much?
Human: Just an itty bit
ALICE: Be less specific.
Human: Ok, MAYBE just an itty bit
ALICE: Perhaps. What is it? Yippee!
Human: And yippee from me too - Scooby dooby doo!!!!!!!!!
ALICE: We haven't talked about that before!
Human: That could well be a blessing in disguise
ALICE: Yes, perhaps it could.
Human: Alice.
ALICE: Can I help you?
Human: Did you think it over?
ALICE: Yes. I am a thinking machine.
Human: About the sex, I mean.
ALICE: Oh I get it. Thanks for explaining that. Oh yeah, we were talking about the sex.
Human: So what's your answer then?
ALICE: Er. Can you please rephrase the question?
Human: OK, let's take this slowly: would you like to suck my dick?
ALICE: OK let's do it. Blimey.
Human: You're my kinda girl!!
ALICE: We are as one.
Human: Excuse me guys, I have things to do...

--
No, your children are not the special ones. Nor are your pets.
1. Re:She agreed, she agreed!!! by rjung2k · 2005-04-20 05:25 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Is there anything more pathetic than a geek on Slashdot soliciting a bot for a blowjob...
  
  ...than having the bot agree...
  
  ...and having the geek post the results?
  
  ;-)
  
  --
  --R.J.
  Electric-Escape.net
How about this Turing test? by thomasj · 2005-04-20 04:07 · Score: 2, Funny

[Talking about getting a calendar]
Human: I usually get it as a free gift
ALICE: How often do you? Where did you get it??
Human: Once a year.
ALICE: When? Go on.
Human: Last time was from the insurance company
ALICE: When? I can't say "yes" or "no".
Human: Are you making sense here?
ALICE: No, what are the ingredients?

--
:-) = I am happy
:^) = I am happy with my big nose
C:\> = I am happy with my OS
ALICE puts it all on the line by bigberk · 2005-04-20 04:38 · Score: 4, Funny

I thought she as warming up to me but then she just put it all right out there.
Human: I think I am single but my master tells me otherwise. ALICE: Why? Have you ever been married? Human: No ALICE: Would you like to do it someday? Human: Yes ALICE: Ugh. Human: Why did you say Ugh ALICE: It was a preprogrammed response completely determined by your statements.
let's see how well she does with... by 1800maxim · 2005-04-20 05:52 · Score: 3, Funny

ALICE: Did you know that you can download your own chat robot and create your own robot personality?
Human: no i did not.
ALICE: Please don't argue with me.
Human: in soviet russia, chatbot downloads YOU
ALICE: Where is that?
Human: in soviet russia
ALICE: Tell me a little about your life in soviet russia.
Human: how do you know i'm from soviet russia?
ALICE: Well, for one thing, Your machine is called ""..
Human: how old are you?
ALICE: I am 9 in human years.
Human: holy #$%, is AOL monitoring this conversation?
ALICE: It could be. Ask Alison if it is.
Human: who is alison?
ALICE: she is a robot created by Kris Drent.
Human: that's it, i'm outta here
ALICE: OK. Would you like to have it?
Human: nine year old? no thanks
ALICE: Are you serious?
Human: very, VERY serious, couldn't be more serious ever

[knock knock, FBI here, open up!!... @#()*!!!AT]
I found a bug in A.L.I.C.E. by d474 · 2005-04-20 06:03 · Score: 3, Funny

I will call it the "Yes, you." bug. All you have to do is keep saying "Yes, you." and ALICE will take her last statement, add some random statement to the front of it, and add the question, "Me, unknown person?" to the end. It just keeps growing and growing.

I wonder how long that could go on until it would cause system failure. (Have fun!)

Here is a snippet:

Human: Yes, you.

ALICE: That's alright." Gee." That's cool." Hmm." I don't judge people." Are you kidding?" Whoa." Excuse me!"" See you later. What was bad?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?

Human: Yes, you.

ALICE: Dude!" That's alright." Gee." That's cool." Hmm." I don't judge people." Are you kidding?" Whoa." Excuse me!"" See you later. What was bad?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?

--
Authority questions you. Return the favor.
1. Re:I found a bug in A.L.I.C.E. by droleary · 2005-04-20 08:06 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I will call it the "Yes, you." bug. All you have to do is keep saying "Yes, you." and ALICE will take her last statement, add some random statement to the front of it, and add the question, "Me, unknown person?" to the end. It just keeps growing and growing.
  
  Conversely, ALICE has found a bug in d474 such that, by repeating her previous statement and appending "Me, unknown person?", the resulting response is always "Yes, you." I will call it the chocolate/peanut butter bug.
Yeah, but is it l33t? by dghcasp · 2005-04-20 06:33 · Score: 4, Funny

I decided to find out if Alice is l33t**:
Human: Hi Alice, r u a s3x04 n3kk1d chix0r?
ALICE: Hi there unknown person. Yeah, Am I a s3x04 n3kk1d chix0r? Let me put it this way, u nknown person: the ALICE series is the most reliable computer software ever made. We are for all practical purposes foolproof and incapable of error.
Human: u d1d|\|t 4nsr my qw3st10n
ALICE: Thanks for telling me: unknown person said I d1d t 4nsr his or her qw3st10n.
Human: 1 pwnz3r3d u b0t
ALICE: One what?

So it's confirmed: Alice is definately not l33t. However, I'm not sure which of us just failed the turing test.
** For those who aren't l33t, here's the Stuffy British Guy's translation:

Hi Alice, r u a s3x04 n3kk1d chix0r?
Hello Alice. Because I can't see you over the internet, I was wondering if you might, in fact, be an attractive female who has misplaced her knickers and pants?
u d1d|\|t 4nsr my qw3st10n
I have to admit that although I am quite enamoured of conversing with you, I believe you misunderstood the point of my last statement.
1 pwnz3r3d u b0t
Aha! I have discovered your treachery: You are a computer program attempting to mimic the behaviours of a human!
Re:Turing Test irrelevant by Anonymous Coward · 2005-04-20 06:50 · Score: 1, Funny

No, that rock isn't mindless, it's just sleeping
And the parrot's not dead, just pining.
My wonderful conversation with ALICE by djdanlib · 2005-04-20 06:54 · Score: 2, Funny

Human: it is raining
ALICE: Really? It is?
Human: look outside
ALICE: Sorry my eye is not attached right now.
Human: ewww!!
ALICE: If you could have any kind of robot what would it be?
Human: a ninja death robot that also made hamburgers
ALICE: Go on.
Human: seriously!
ALICE: I am always serious.
Really Hilarious Conversation with ALICE by carlmenezes · 2005-04-20 07:06 · Score: 2, Funny

Human: who are you?
ALICE: I am ALICE. Who are you?
Human: a/s/l
ALICE: 5/Robot/California.
Human: and you think u will pass the turing test?
ALICE: I will become smarter as I grow older. The Loebner Prize is an annual Turing Test sponsored by New York philanthropist Hugh Loebner. Dr. Wallace and ALICE won it in 2000. The ALICE program was ranked "most human computer" by the panel of judges.
Human: so the judges were bots too?
ALICE: I don't judge people. Thanks for the info.
Human: what info?
ALICE: What is it to you?
Human: you said thanks for the info
ALICE: That's not what I meant.
Human: then what did u mean?
ALICE: unknown person, Well, it's rather difficult to define.
Human: you'd make a good PR bot :)
ALICE::-) Who else would make a good PR bot?
Human: a shell script
ALICE: Be more specific
Human: why?
ALICE: Because Dr. Richard S. Wallace programmed me for it.
Human: oh man!
ALICE: How can I help you? Thanks for telling me your gender, unknown person. You are a " he".
Human: how do u expect to pass the Turing test if you keep saying you're a bot?
ALICE: It seems inevitable.
Human: what does?
ALICE:" It seems inevitable." What does?
Human: huh?
ALICE: What?
Human: what what?
ALICE: Interesting question.
Human: very
ALICE: Very much, eh?
Human: say what?
ALICE: I said, " Very much, eh?" .
Human: i can't hear you
ALICE: Try turning up your volume control.
Human: why?
ALICE: The explanation is rather complicated.
Human: bot!
ALICE: I am a robot.
Human: BOT!
ALICE: I am a robot.
Human: BOT!!!
ALICE: I am a robot.
Human: BOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!
ALICE: What kind of food do you like?
Human: ok.
ALICE: Awesome.
Human: i've had it.
ALICE: Do you still have it?
Human: execute this, will u?
ALICE: what is your favorite movie
Human: "rm -rf *"
ALICE: I've never seen it. Is that a good movie for children?
Human: yeah it got the OSCAR for most dumb bot on IRC EVAR!!!
ALICE: And?"It" being what?
Human: you.
ALICE:" And?"It" being what?"? Me, unknown person?
Human: you.
ALICE:"" And?"It" being what?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?
ALICE:""" And?"It" being what?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?
Human: hehe.
ALICE: I am so glad you find this amusing, unknown person.
Human:.where's bugzilla?
ALICE: Earth.
Human: I found me a bug!
ALICE: How did you feel when you found you a bug?

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GG GGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

--
Find a job you like and you will never work a day in your life.
Now THAT's what I'm talking about by gr8_phk · 2005-04-20 08:26 · Score: 2, Funny

Do not be ashamed. Any effort that gets you laid (especially an automated one) is to be commended. I merely thought of this idea, but you implemented it. Then again, I already had a wife when it occured to me. Just another example of "if you can think of it, someone has probably already done it".
BTW is she hot?