> I expect that anybody you asked 10 years ago who was at least decently knowledgeable about tech and AI would have agreed that the Turing Test is a pretty dece

> I expect that anybody you asked 10 years ago who was at least decently knowledgeable about tech and AI would have agreed that the Turing Test is a pretty decent way to determine if we have a "real" AI, that's actually "thinking" and is on the road to AGI etc. I wouldn’t have, but through no great insight of my own - I had an acquaintance posit that given enough time, we’d brute-force our way to a pile of if/else statements that could pass the Turing Test - I figured this was reasonable, but would come long before “real” AI.