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>From: biesel@javelin.sim.es.com (Heiner Biesel)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Intelligence, awareness, and esthetics
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Date: 20 Apr 92 23:27:30 GMT
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rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:

>In article <1992Apr20.191345.27706@javelin.sim.es.com> biesel@javelin.sim.es.com (Heiner Biesel) writes:
>>This suggests an alternative to the Turing test: a computer can be
>>said to exhibit human intelligence and awareness if it is capable of
>>producing a work of art which finds both wide acceptance among art
>>lovers, and is indistinguishable from similar pieces or art produced
>>by human artists.

> However, please keep in mind that many works of art produced by humans in
>the 20th century would have been met with utter revulsion from the art lovers
>of the 19th century.  What is considered good art is highly sensitive to
>cultural influences.  This does not necessarily negate your idea - except
>you are now testing cultural adaptation rather than intelligence.

True, much of what moves us in great art is cultural and learned. Fortunately,
we have centuries of styles, and many cultures to draw upon. The essence of
the proposal is to base a test upon an esthetic criterion, rather than a
primarily linguistic one. It is not by any means perfect, but for some lucky
few unequivocal, to my mind an essential aspect of any such test.

Regards,
       Heiner biesel@thrall.sim.es.com


