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You forgot the first goalpost: the Turing test.
by jrflo 4mo ago
You forgot the first goalpost: the Turing test.
- AnotherGoodName 4mo agoEven that line's very debatable though. Passing always under every circumstance? No. Passing specific tests to the point that the internet is now full of "Is that content AI generated or not" debates? Yes
- jrflo 4mo agoI 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.
- suddenlybananas 4mo agoIf it's a there exists problem, then it was solved by ELIZA in the 60s.
- AnotherGoodName 4mo agoI 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".
- suddenlybananas 4mo agoHow am I moving the goal post by pointing out that, by their definition, the goal "was scored" in the 1960s.
- sambapa 4mo agoThat's not a Turing test
- inigyou 4mo agoELIZA passed the casual Turing test