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>From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark)
Subject: Re: Turing Test Myths
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In article <BILL.92Aug17114642@ca3.nsma.arizona.edu> bill@nsma.arizona.edu (Bill Skaggs) writes:
>For a male imitating a female, I would begin by asking for an
>explanation of the system of women's clothing sizes.  (Junior, Misses,
>etc.)  Then I would ask for an explanation of "her" philosophy for
>using makeup.  And so on.
>
>For a female imitating a male, I would begin by asking "him" to
>describe how "he" shaves his face.  Then I would ask "him" to describe
>the sensations he experiences during orgasm.  And so on.
>
>I sincerely doubt that many people could plausibly fake answers to
>these kinds of questions for an hour.

Questions of content are irrelevant and only invite the person putting up
misleading smokescreens.

You don't need to ask any questions to test.  All you need to do is just talk
to the person.  You can usually determine a person's gender before they even
finish uttering the first sentence, regardless of whether they're trying to
consciously confuse you or not.


