Turing's Test

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2042 14:18:24 (KMT)
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From: MamaPajama@mail.uharare.umj [MamaPajama]
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Once upon a time, mathematical ability was a sign of intelligence. And people said, “No machine will ever be able to do sums like humans.”

Then came calculators, and they said, “Fine, but no machine will ever be able to play chess as well as humans.”

Then came Deep Blue, and they said, “Fine, but no machine will ever be able to recognize and process conversational speech.”

Then came software agents, and they said, “Fine, but no machine will ever be able to compose a symphony.”

Then came Digital Mozart, and they said, “Fine, but no machine will ever be able to come up with an original, creative idea.”

Now that Thë Måniƒeståtiøn øƒ Çhångë iñ thë Møuntåins has won the Nobel Prize in Physics, what are they now going to claim “no machine will ever do?”

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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2042 14:27:32 (KMT)
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I can tell you, categorically and without the slightest fear of contradiction, that no machine will ever, ever be able to think.

This is because human beings will continue changing the definition of “think” so as to exclude machines.
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