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Demo Time
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Let’s conduct a demo of the
Human/Human version of the Turing
Test
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Debrief
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Was that easy or hard?
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What things made it seem like the
answer was “obvious”
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What things were much harder than
you anticipated
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Debrief
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How do you think the Human/Human
version of this would compare with
the Computer/Human version?
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Is the Turing Test a Good One?
What kinds of behavior are
intelligent?
 How well does the Turing Test
evaluate these behaviors?
 Does the Turing Test introduce any
problems of its own?
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Is the Turing Test a Good One?
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What kinds of behavior are intelligent?
Turing's game makes some assumptions
about what counts as intelligent.
What about abilities such as leadership or
collaboration?
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Is the Turing Test a Good One?
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How well does the Turing Test
evaluate these behaviors?
It tests the judge (perhaps more than) the
machine?
– Special Knowledge
– Willingness to believe (ELIZA)
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Is the Turing Test a Good One?
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Does the Turing Test introduce any
problems of its own?
 Some folks claim that Turing's game emphasizes
a behavior that we do not consider essential to
intelligence, such as ones that do no more than
fool the interrogator. The Turing Test promotes
the development of artificial con artists, not
artificial intelligences
– Consider a human like calculator…
– Stories from the Loebner Prize.
 The boundaries of perceived human/machine
capabilities constantly change.
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Your opinions… ?
Which of the objections that Turing
anticipates against his parlor game is
the weakest?
 Which of the objections that Turing
anticipates against his parlor game is
the strongest?
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Don’t forget your research paper…
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By now you should have read the Research
Paper Specification :
RP1a is due Friday
 Read the paper I have posted
 Write a 2-4 page (600-1200 word) response
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Summarize - What is this paper about?
Analyze - What do the authors do well?
Analyze - What do the authors do poorly?
Analyze - What question did the author's leave unanswered?
Reflect - What did you learn about the topic they were
discussing?
– Reflect - What did you learn about writing a short/concise paper?