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Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test
dewilso4 writes "Of the five computer finalists at this year's Loebner prize Turing Test, at least three managed to fool humans into thinking they were human conversationalists. Ready to speak about subjects ranging from Eminem to Slaughterhouse Five and everything in between, these machines are showing they we're merely a clock cycle away from true AI. '... I was fooled. I mistook Eugene for a real human being. In fact, and perhaps this is worse, he was so convincing that I assumed that the human being with whom I was simultaneously conversing was a computer.' Another of the entrants, Jabberwacky, can apparently even woo the ladies: 'Some of its conversational partners confide in it every day; one conversation, with a teenaged girl, lasted 11 hours.'
The winning submission this year, Elbot, fooled 25% of judges into thinking he was human. The threshold for the $100K prize is 30%. Maybe next year ..."
'Some of its conversational partners confide in it every day; one conversation, with a teenaged girl, lasted 11 hours.'
That's not fair, she was feeling vulnerable as she had just broken up with her N'Sync wallposter--which she had been romantically involved with for several deep & very meaningful years. Things fell apart after she saw Tropic Thunder and came to the harsh realization that an astonishing percentage of N'Sync is homosexual.
Those soulless bots were simply preying on her emotions as they coldly recited word for word the Wikipedia entry on the band over and over.
My work here is dung.
study Jabberwocky's code in order to learn the logic patterns used to 'woo the ladies'.
Another of the entrants, Jabberwacky can apparently even woo the ladies: 'Some of its conversational partners confide in it every day; one conversation, with a teenaged girl, lasted 11 hours.'
You need to be careful who you meet online. The rise of the machines won't be in the form of war machine. No, far worse! They're just going to woo and steal our women!
On second thought, maybe that wouldn't be so bad. That would just put everyone on equal footing with the Slashdot crowd.
The day an AI will pass the Turing Test, it will be the day humanity has become so stupid to not be able to see the differences between a person and a machine.
Girl: I'm like soo depressed! He's like leaving me.
Computer: For sure. Like, ya know, like, it's so bad.
Girl: You got that straight! Like, why, like, he, like, nevar talked to me!
computer: Like, oh - my - god! Like, I like know!
Girl: Like, you know me like so good!. Like, how like old R U?
Computer: No that like older than like you.
Repeat all the above.
Get the extra credit question?
http://xkcd.com/329/
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Oh yeah? And which half am I in? ;)
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Sorry, it's not that simple. Almost, but not quite.
Fortunately there is a flowchart to explain the algorithm.
Weaselmancer
rediculous.
Don't make fun of that teenage girl. Someday, in that ever-coming scary future, your girlfriend or your wife will leave you for that compassionate and caring bot ("everything you're not!") with whom she's been having a virtual affair for months ("he's got more guts and data than you'll ever have!"). I bet he's be a good listener too. Skynet won't kill humanity, it will steal its women.
Computer: I'm like soo depressed! Vista is not working
Slashdotter: For sure. Like, ya know, like, it's so bad.
Computer: You got that straight! Like, why, like, he, like, never worked for me!
Slashdotter: Like, oh - my - god! Like, I like know!
Computer: Like, you know me like so good!. Like, how tech savvy R U?
Slashdotter: No that like experienced than like you.
Repeat all the above.