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Brusion t1_iw090gu wrote

The Turing test is the dumbest test ever conceived.

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havenyahon t1_iw0xs83 wrote

That's a pretty ignorant statement. My field is philosophy of mind and cognitive science. I was never convinced that the Turing Test was an adequate measure for machine intelligence, but I understand the context within which Turing proposed it, and the challenges for measuring that intelligence. It's not 'dumb', even if it's inadequate. The only people who say that type of shit are people who are ignorant of the context within which it was proposed.

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Brusion t1_iw130to wrote

Fair enough. It is often misused.

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No_Opening_5128 t1_iw0h1ip wrote

It really is a largely useless test, good thing people are starting to realize that finally. In Mr. Turing’s defense, he couldn’t have known at the time how relevant it would or wouldn’t be.

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Veneck t1_iw11gss wrote

You should read the original paper, it's quite accessible.

It's proposing a conceptual framework and approach to testing, not really defining "the definitive turing test".

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