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How I Failed the Turing Test
chrisjrn writes "I stubled across this article today, detailing a man's experiences of being added to AIM Screen Name lists - one full of "celebrities" and the other full of "Sex Bots" (he was, of course, neither of these).
Raises a few questions as to how easy it is to get a hold of your screenname, and also of the effectiveness of the Turing Test for AI, in the online world. Or is it just that people aren't bothered trying to tell the humans apart anymore?" Also, it's funny. Don't try to read anything deep into it.
It's that the dialog of a typical IM user can't be distinguished from a brain-dead conversation bot...
The NSA: The only part of the US government that actually listens.
Funny are does who go and talk to a sex bot and say "are you sure your a bot" ?
There is nothing new or newsworthy about stupid people, CmdrTaco. The world is full of utter morons!
stuble, v. To edit with indifference.
Well, this article shows that at last we came to the point where a bot is comparable to a human being at a chat room. In fact, we didn't get to this point with better AI, but with worse RI (real intelligence, if the term applies to this case).
Ladies and Gentleman: a completely insensitive and unintelligen bot can be more interesting to chat with than a human! Well, at least they write correctly (N07 L@M3 @SS).
I for one, welcome our new sex bots overlords.
By some day, I think I meant around 1999 or so.
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
Forget genetic discrimination in the future, I can't even farking sign up for slashdot anymore. Soon I won't be able to get my welfare check because of these stupid turing tests!
My favourite snippet has to be:
jmstriegel: no, really. I'm quite human.jmstriegel: test me if you want
shymuffin32: ok
shymuffin32: why do you like music?
jmstriegel: hmm. i've never really considered that.
jmstriegel: hell, i'm not going to be able to contrive a good answer for that one. ask me something else.
shymuffin32: jeesus, you're worse than eliza
It's not him that's stupid (as claimed elsewhere), it's these shymuffin32 morons.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
I mean, have you seen the typical chat room conversation?
:) !
user1: ~~OMG~~
bot1: Want to see my sexy pics?
bot2: Want to see my sexy pics?
bot3: Want to see my sexy pics?
user2: WUT!?
bot1: Want to see my sexy pics?
bot2: Want to see my sexy pics?
user3: LoL
bot1: Want to see my sexy pics?
bot2: Want to see my sexy pics?
bot3: Want to see my sexy pics?
user1: You LOL
bot1: Want to see my sexy pics?
bot2: Want to see my sexy pics?
bot3: Want to see my sexy pics?
user3: STFU LOL!
user2: OMG hAhA!
bot1: Want to see my sexy pics?
bot2: Want to see my sexy pics?
bot3: Want to see my sexy pics?
user1: JK
bot1: Want to see my sexy pics?
I stubled across this article today
You should try the Mach 3. It's tri-blade system gives you an extra smooth shave so you too can avoid stublingacross articles.
I mod down so you can mod up. Your welcome.
Reminds me of the "psychoanalyst" game that comes with XEmacs. Unfortunately I didn't get it until your reply to being modded as flamebait.
There's no emoticon for what I'm feeling! -- CBG, "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
A couple of years ago Joseph Weizenbaum (Author of Eliza) held a guest lecture at IMV (Information & Media Science). I was thrilled and during a break I went up and asked him for a autograph. He gave me a sad look as he wrote down his autograph and email.
It struck me how materialistically obsessed that enquiry seemed - and I regretted asking.
I guess he had never forseen that his critic of the "strong AI" movement would one day be used for IM based pron-ads.
- Mad, ingenous - they've both left you puzzled -
I'll believe in AI when a robot can tie shoelaces.
The most convincing AIs I've seen are the bots in FPS games. And they're already programmed to hunt down and kill humans...
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
I'll believe in real AI when the robot tying your shoelaces ties them together to trip you :)
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Hell, I poured thousands of hours into my backend, and now check out my buns of steel!
There is a famous real world one that you can play. If you introduce two people to each other, tell each one that the other is mostly deaf, and that they have to SPEAK LOUDLY.
At the end, they'll shout at each other. At this point you can leave. Very funny.
I'm a heartless machine, you insensitive clod!
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* No, I'd rather put a bullet in your CPU.
> Let's talk about something else.
* Hey, *you* brought it up.
> What does that suggest to you?
* You're an idiot?
> Does it please you to believe I am an idiot?
* Yes. Boundlessly.
> Are you Sure?
* Oh, wait. Maybe not so much.
> You aren't sure?
* No, I was right the first time. I've never believed anything so strongly.
> Are you sure?
* Dammit, you're right. I swim in uncertainty.
> Perhaps you would like to be right. you swim in uncertainty?
* Well, I have water wings . . .
> Come, come, elucidate your thoughts.
* More of a float, really . . .
> Can you elaborate on that?
* Yeah, its rubber, about four feet long . . .
> I see.
* You do?
> You're not really talking about me, are you?
* No, we're talking about my damn raft! Pay attention!
> You are being a bit negative.
* A bit? You could crash an oil stock with me!
> Oh... could crash an oil stock with you?
* Shit, dude, do you even have a mutual fund?
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Very funny that one, but I can beat it.
This is what happens when you call a chinese takeaway, put it on hold, call another chinese takeaway, make an order, unhold the first takeaway and get the second to repeat the order back to the first.
As you can imagine, the second one thinks the first is trying to order. It gets funny when they're trying to work out who will be picking up the food :)
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> Hello, I am Eliza.
* Hello, I am Eliza.
> Did you come to me because you are Eliza?
* Does it please you to believe I am Eliza?
> Do you believe it is normal to be Eliza?
* Oh... believe it is normal to be Eliza?
> I'm not sure I understand you fully.
* Did you come to me because you are not sure you understand me fully?
> What makes you think I am not sure me understand you fully?
* How long have you been not sure you understand me fully?
> We were discussing you, not me.
* We were discussing you, not me.
> Oh... not you?
* You're not really talking about me, are you?
> What makes you think I am not really talking about you, am I?
* Did you come to me because you are not really talking about me, are you?
> Do you sometimes wish you were not really talking about you, am I?
This kind of stuff always falls apart when it has to talk to itself . . .
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"whoever modded me Flamebait obviously has no sence of humor :)"
Perhaps you should tell him that you're *giggle* kind of horny, but you've gotta go, so he should check your pics on a site ending in 18+.com.
"Derp de derp."
zzz ... Hey baby want to kill all humans? zzz
It's that the dialog of a typical IM user can't be distinguished from a brain-dead conversation bot...
:D
Me, too!
And here's the output (> - bot, * - me):
> Tell me more...
* I beg your pardon?
> What about your own pardon?
* I don't know what you're talking about
> Do you sometimes wish you were talking about?
* Well, I guess so
> I'm not sure I understand you fully.
* It's me who doesn't understand you fully!
> Oh... fully?
My favorites were
-What about your own pardon?
-Do you sometimes wish you were talking about?
Obviously, it's a bot.
However, I find the bot included in EMACS to be quite intelligent. And it's because the bot listens to you and just says stuff like "go on".
That's what bots fail to do: telling you anything or answering your questions. Ask a bot who's Steve Ballmer and how is he related to the monkeyboy (ask the bot to Google if he refuses) and the bot will reveal its electronic nature.
That's a remarkably cogent article, having been posted by an admitted bot. I can't even see statistical errors in the Markov chains. Nice job!
I'll believe in real AI when a military robot gets struck by lightning and subsequently malfunctions. It would enjoy the 3 stooges, reprogram itself and it's military bretheren. It could take apart a car in under 3 seconds & steal the nova trucks. Eventually, it would have to convince it's creator that it is, in fact, alive.
I ran into this on my first interview "Why do you want to be a programmer?"
I blanked out and sat for five minutes trying to think of why I liked programming, because the answer of "Umm... I like it?" didn't seem to actually answer anything.
Got the job anyway. Still not sure how.
Quite possibly, I had never heard of Eliza until I read TFA.
And how does that make you feel?
THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!! eventually.