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From: pen@esa.uucp (Peter Hjresen)
Subject: Re: The turing test
Organization: Dansk Data Elektronik A/S
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 13:46:29 GMT
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smishra@skua.acns.nwu.edu (Sunil Mishra) writes:

>For all those who think that the turing test is the way to go...

>I had initially given the example of a program that acted like a paranoid
>schizophrenic, and some of you were kind enough to point out the weakness
>of the argument.

>However, I do know of one person who ended up talking to a program on a
>MOO, and thought it was a real person. She did not find out till the next
>day that it wasn't. The program quite effectively fooled her into believing
>that it was quite pissed off at her, though she was not able to figure out
>why.

>Would you consider that passing the turing test? I know I would not.

Excuse me, but why not? 

Isn't that, what the turing test is all about? Having a conversation
and not knowing if you are talking to a man or a machine? 

You may say, that you don't believe the turing test, but that
is another matter altogether...

pen@dde.dk


