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by jrflo 29 days ago
I think this is a good example of the moving goalposts. The Turing test is not "AI is indistinguishable from human writing 100% of the time", it's whether it is possible at all for a system can be designed where a person can be fooled into thinking they're talking to a human when they're actually talking to a computer in a turn-based text exchange. It is a "there exits..." problem rather than a "for all..." problem.
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If it's a there exists problem, then it was solved by ELIZA in the 60s.
I think your post is a very good example of goal post moving.

We currently have debates around whether content online is human or ai generated and instead of acknowledging the milesetone we have a post essentially claiming "the turing test was passed long ago, it's worthless".

How am I moving the goal post by pointing out that, by their definition, the goal "was scored" in the 1960s.
That's not a Turing test
That's what I am talking about...?