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by _russross
58 days ago
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Turing himself argued that trying to measure if a computer is intelligent is a fool's errand because it is so difficult to pin down definitions. He proposed what we call the "Turing test" as a knowable, measurable alternative. The first paragraph of his paper reads: > I propose to consider the question, "Can machines think?" This should begin
> with definitions of the meaning of the terms "machine" and "think." The
> definitions might be framed so as to reflect so far as possible the normal use
> of the words, but this attitude is dangerous, If the meaning of the words
> "machine" and "think" are to be found by examining how they are commonly used
> it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the meaning and the answer to the
> question, "Can machines think?" is to be sought in a statistical survey such as
> a Gallup poll. But this is absurd. Instead of attempting such a definition I
> shall replace the question by another, which is closely related to it and is
> expressed in relatively unambiguous words. Many people who want to argue about AGI and its relation to the Turing test would do well to read Turing's own arguments. |
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