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New Contestants On the Turing Test
vitamine73 writes "At 9 a.m. next Sunday, six computer programs — 'artificial conversational entities' — will answer questions posed by human volunteers at the University of Reading in a bid to become the first recognized 'thinking' machine. If any program succeeds, it is likely to be hailed as the most significant breakthrough in artificial intelligence since the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. It could also raise profound questions about whether a computer has the potential to be 'conscious' — and if humans should have the 'right' to switch it off."
and routinely fail self awareness tests
How often do they do these tests?! Is there a class of scientists getting paranoid that hamsters might take over the world if we let our guard down?!
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something" - Plato
Don't kid yourself. If a hamster ever had the chance he'd eat you and everyone you care about.
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Hamsters only fail self-awareness tests because they refuse to revise.
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If we don't have the right to switch off a conscious machine (one that passes the Turing test) does that imply we have the right to switch off a human who fails a Turing test?
*mutters under breath*
please be yes... please be yes... please be yes.
Well, back to rejecting software patent applications.
Hey, that's not funny! My sister died that way.
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
Now we'll see the vim vs emacs flame war. GREAT! THANKS!
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I don't know about that. I mean, at least, not all at once. What shredded "you" flesh the cute little hamster couldn't ravenously consume right away, he'd stuff into his adorable little cheek pouches for future snackage.
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As soon as this sort of works, it will take over first level tech support. If it hasn't already.
Because the turtle ate my gerbil, you insensitive clod!
One swallow does not a fellatrix make
Along the same lines i've thought about making a bot that passes the 4chan turing test. It couldn't be THAT hard really.... It'd be like simulating a fish.
Alive??
The thing couldn't even use contractions. I mean, you'd think with such an advanced brain, it'd be able to use contractions.
No, Data was something far more sinister.
The Internet is generally stupid
Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes!
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...each other that a human can eavesdrop
You working for the NSA by any chance??? or probably AT&T?
"Doing what i can, with what i have." ~ Burt Gummer
I'm not going to answer that question.
I'm going to talk about how much of a maverick I am. You see, Barack Obama associates with terrorists...
Well if you watched law & order last night you'd know that humans (in the US) already have a system for switching off other humans, mostly it's used for removing faulty hardware though.
Heck, I EAT PIGS, and those guys are pretty intelligent.
I dunno, I think that cop intelligence is overrated. As is cannibalism.
Keep them coming. At least as a programmer in a cubicle, I have a better chance at becoming "The One".
Every time I start to have faith in humanity, I ruin it by driving to work between 7 and 8 am.
Do bots look for Pr0n yet ?
"Ooh, A Harpertown core!"
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This proves little. I have an ex that fails the Turing test.
Need Mercedes parts ?
I have seen windows machines doing this for years. I haven't been able to figure out whether they were trying to fight or flee though when you get a bluescreen on shutdown.
This proves little. I have an ex that fails the Turing test.
The ".jpg" extension should have been a hint...
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