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I don't really follow your argument. Why should Dennett set the bar for the Turing test with his fictional example? And how is this example any different from T
by andreasvc 12y ago
I don't really follow your argument. Why should Dennett set the bar for the Turing test with his fictional example? And how is this example any different from Turing's original example about rewriting Shakespeare's "shall I compare thee" sonnet? This sort of conversation is more like a courtroom cross-examination, which is incidentally typically well prepared by both sides. A program that could pass such a test would indeed be a milestone, but that doesn't detract from the achievement of a conversational agent that pulls of a more spontaneous form of dialogue.
- codeulike 12y agoI'm just saying that some people underestimate what it would take to pass a true Turing Test. The judges could and would take the conversation in any direction.
- habitue 12y agoOk, so Dennett is being eloquent and both participants are very intelligent, but "explain the joke" is probably a good test. The point is to get the AI to do something that requires meta-knowledge. That isn't to say all humans have to have meta-knowledge, but the test passing would be more convincing if the AI could do something most everyone can do, like explain a joke.