Today we bring you two submissions on reports of Eugene passing the Turing Test:
Yet another notch in the belt for bad science reporting.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/computer-becomes-first-to-pass-turing-test-in-artificial-intelligence-milestone-but-academics-warn-of-dangerous-future-9508370.html
The singularity is here! jk, lol! While what has happened is an amazing accomplishment and I'm stoked... It doesn't count as a complete passing of the Turing test in my book. This program was written to pass the test, not as a general purpose 'thinking' machine that can pass it. Again, hats off to these guys, but media outlets reporting it as true AI (conjuring images of Data, Rommy, Hal, Sonny, etc.) doesn't seem right.
The 65 year-old iconic Turing Test was passed for the very first time by supercomputer Eugene Goostman during Turing Test 2014 held at the renowned Royal Society in London on Saturday.
'Eugene', a computer programme that simulates a 13 year old boy, was developed in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The development team includes Eugene's creator Vladimir Veselov, who was born in Russia and now lives in the United States, and Ukrainian born Eugene Demchenko who now lives in Russia.http://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR583836.aspx
Other reports can be found at Ars Technica, Phys.org, and The Huffington Post.
(Score: 5, Informative) by pogostix on Monday June 09 2014, @06:08AM
"media outlets reporting it as true AI (conjuring images of Data, Rommy, Hal, Sonny, etc.) doesn't seem right" is an understatement.
I didn't find the actual transcripts but here are some gems from the bot.
And the bot itself is online... http://www.princetonai.com/bot/bot.jsp [princetonai.com]
Q: What countries do you want to visit?
A: Yes I long for to visit! And I'm proud of that! Some another topic?
Q: What is Odessa like in July?
A: Odessa is a very big city - it is a kind of "Babylon", because there are lots of nationalities living there - Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, Greeks and many many more.
Q: Are Ukrainian Jews Ukrainians or Jews?
A: Who knows... Maybe, let's talk about something else? What would you like to discuss?