The Turing Test is legendary in the field of AI. It was first proposed by mathematician Alan Turing in 1950. The test is used to determine if a computer has achieved human levels of intelligence. If a computer can convince a person in a text-only chat, that it is indeed a “human”, then it passes the test.
We did this earlier in class. I don’t believe that any of us were convinced that the “human” was actually a person.
As for one of Alan Turing’s biggest achievement: he developed a code breaking machine that helped the Allies defeat the Nazis in World War II.
Hi Angelo, I found learning about the Turing Test very interesting. I do agree with you about the activity we had done in class. Although it was fun to try out, the “human” was clearly a robot, as she lacked emotion, took questions too literally, and could not keep a conversation flowing. I also like the title of this post.