People have thought of the Turing Test as a benchmark that artificial intelligence (AI) must pass since famed computer scientist Alan Turing proposed it in his 1950 seminal paper. Now 65 years later, some AI scientists say it’s time to rethink the Turing Test and design better measures to track progress in AI. The Turing Test tasks a human evaluator with determining whether he is speaking with a human or a machine. If the machine can pass for human, then it’s passed the test. Last summer, a computer program with the persona of a teenage Ukrainian boy won the Loebner …read more
Source: Business Insider
