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Turing Test: A procedure proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 for determining whether or not a system (generally a computer) has achieved human-level intelligence, based on whether it can deceive a human interrogator into believing that it is human. A human "judge" interviews the (computer) system, and one or more human "foils" over terminal lines (by typing messages). Both the computer and the human foil(s) try to convince the human judge of their humanness. If the human judge is unable to distinguish the computer from the human foil(s), then the computer is considered to have demonstrated human-level intelligence. Turing did not specify many key details, such as the duration of the interrogation and the sophistication of the human judge and foils.

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asked Jun 03 '10 at 00:08

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Will Machines revolt against Humans like in the Matrix, Terminator, etc.?

(Jun 03 '10 at 00:11) r0bErT4u r0bErT4u's gravatar image

Eventually it's inevetable that a machine will become complex enough to fully emulate a human brain; at that point it will be impossible to tell. A much further distance into the future that machine may exist on the same physical scale as a human brain. Before that, who knows? A machine doesn't really need the full functioning of a brain in order to emulate the portions that manage information processing and personality, so it's reasonable to assume that once a machine grows powerful enough to emulate only those portions it will be able to pass the test. It's also possible that algorithmic shortcuts exist that can do the job much easier and faster than actual emulation - such as neural networks (which are analogous, but not really emulative).

answered Oct 08 '10 at 12:14

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It may happen one day but think about the numb3rs episode that the computer was built just to pass the test. People will probably try to copy that as well and fake the test. You can never tell because human nature is unpredictable so it could pass and still be faked.

answered Jun 03 '10 at 00:13

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I think that our current computers would be able to simulate human inteligence but we still need some software. I imagine if we can compile a program that evolves and learns from its mistakes and let it run for a while it could be well posibble NOW!

answered Oct 08 '10 at 17:00

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Terminator's SkyNet, Matrix, etc.

(Nov 05 '10 at 23:07) r0bErT4u r0bErT4u's gravatar image

It's already happened. Get with the times, lockergnome!

answered Nov 05 '10 at 23:46

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Wow! Kind of disturbing.

(Nov 05 '10 at 23:55) r0bErT4u r0bErT4u's gravatar image
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Not all that surprising ;) As you said, Turing didn't specify the sophistication of the judges...

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