Many are reporting that a 13 year old Ukrainian boy named Eugene Goostman has passed the Turing Test. Well, not an actual boy—Eugene is a computer simulation.
A program has passed the Turing test and @bobbyllew was one of the judges http://t.co/LRnOUkPwIm
— A.J. Kandy (@AJKandy) June 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/KyleTress/status/475734158464278530
Turing Test getting closer to falling. Then, the running and the screaming and the AI overlords. http://t.co/U7IUuQyQR6
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 8, 2014
What’s a Turning Test? Basically it is a test to measure a computer’s ability to think like a human being.
A test proposed by British mathematician Alan Turing, and often taken as a test of whether a computer has humanlike intelligence. If a panel of human beings conversing with an unknown entity (via keyboard, for example) believes that that entity is human, and if the entity is actually a computer, then the computer is said to have passed the Turing test.
Basically, the Eugene Goostman simulation fooled about thirty percent of the human judges into thinking Eugene was a human being. Not everyone is convinced that this is such a big milestone though.
Press is credulously repeating Turing Test claims. Another Dorian Nakomoto situation.
— Chris Dixon (@cdixon) June 8, 2014
To be clear I respect the fine work of all involved but IMHO the results were neither a first nor a milestone nor a passing of a Turing Test
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) June 9, 2014
Has any actual 13 year old boy ever passed the Turing Test, even?
— Philosophy Bro (@PhiloBro) June 8, 2014
[AMA Request] Eugene Goostman- First chatbot to pass the turing test! http://t.co/zMrxnGzmA5
— IAmA (@redditIAmA) June 9, 2014
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To be honest we’re not sure whether Martin O’Malley’s Reddit AMA would have passed.
You can't run one test with judges you picked and claim you passed the Turing Test.
— Chris Dixon (@cdixon) June 8, 2014
Has the Turing test finally been beaten? Kiiiiind of, but perhaps not in any important way. http://t.co/VNndQ6eVIV
— Ed Yong (@edyong209) June 8, 2014
http://t.co/pQMg263LE0 About the only quasi-skeptical article on that Turing test story is in @io9 . h/t @edyong209
— Matthew R "Who Owns An Asteroid?" Francis (@DrMRFrancis) June 8, 2014
@edyong209 I always wondered if the test was more a measure of human gullibility…
— Jesse Emspak (@Mad_Science_Guy) June 8, 2014
I'll believe in the value of the Turing Test when the press reports pass the Not PR Bollocks test.
— Rupert Goodwins (@rupertg) June 8, 2014
Don't know why people are so cynical about this Turing test thing. 33% of those tested thought Eugene was a 13 yr old boy. That's a big deal
— Andy Collins (@askingalot) June 9, 2014
It’s no small feat to be sure. As with a lot of things, the real implications won’t truly be understood until the media circus leaves town.
Scientific achievement like anything else on Twitter is always a good excuse for jokes.
Forget the Turing test. I'll be impressed when a computer can identify a good opportunity for a "That's What She Said."
— Matt Richardson ?️? (@MattRichardson) June 9, 2014
Don't get too excited about a program beating the Turing Test. We're still a ways from the only A.I. that matters: pic.twitter.com/TOClfOCUVC
— Joe Hill (@joe_hill) June 8, 2014
I think the biggest implication of the "chatbot passing the Turing Test" news is confirmation that online ads will just get more annoying.
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) June 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/475761264174456832
https://twitter.com/Beschizza/status/475786770807025664
A computer just passed the Turing test. It's score?–33%. We've got to do something about these declining standards.
— Trevor Strong (@Trevstrong) June 9, 2014
Did you people not see “Terminator”???? “@wilw: Holy shit a computer passed the Turing test: http://t.co/J2geiU8zKt ”
— Jeri Ryan (@JeriLRyan) June 9, 2014
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