Shall I Compare Thee To An Algorithm? Turing Test Gets A Creative Twist [NPR]
Posted by mcasey on Sunday, 9 August 2015
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A machine with superhuman intelligence is a staple of science fiction. But what about a machine with just ordinary human intelligence? A machine that's so human-like in its behavior that you can't tell if it's a computer acting like a human, or a real human?
That's what a Turing Test is designed to explore. The test is named for the British computer scientist Alan Turing, who first proposed it.