Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
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Re: Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
#2I've had more believable conversations with CleverBot. It's hard to believe this hoax has gone as far as it has.
Re: Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
#3This is a nicely written and clear explanation of why the announcement by the University of Reading is bullshit. In fact, it is was more than they deserve. Way more.
I would suggest shunning them is the right response.
The University of Reading is, of course, the august institution behind:
http://blog.jgc.org/2010/05/inside-rfid-virus.html
http://blog.jgc.org/2006/12/midas-number-or-why-divide-by-ze...
Re: Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
#4The whole thing sounded iffy to me from the first second I heard about it, despite the fact that most of the tech media was going ga-ga over it. I mean, the AI being only a teenage Hungarian boy (meaning the judges should've expected it to be "less intelligent than a normal native adult")...and only fooling 1/3 of the judges? That sounds like a whole lot of cheating to declare that it "passed" the Turing test.
Re: Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
#5When are they going to start considering the other side of the Turing test - if a robot passes - a human fails it.
Re: Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
#6This is a nicely written and clear explanation of why the announcement by the University of Reading is bullshit. In fact, it is was more than they deserve. Way more. I would suggest shunning them is the right response. The University of Reading is, of course, the august institution behind: http://blog.jgc.org/2010/05/inside-rfid-virus.html http://blog.jgc.org/2006/12/midas-number-or-why-divide-by-ze...
And Kevin Warwick is the chap who had an RFID (or similar) chip implanted in his arm and put out a press release declaring himself a cyborg: http://www.kevinwarwick.com/Cyborg1.htm
Re: Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
#7First thing I've read by Kurzweil that didn't make me rage. I fully expected him to chalk this up as more evidence that the singularity is well on schedule or he's going to win Long Bet #1. Glad to hear him being critical:
>I chatted with the chatbot Eugene Goostman, and was not impressed. Eugene does not keep track of the conversation, repeats himself word for word, and often responds with typical chatbot non sequiturs.
Re: Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
#8This is a nicely written and clear explanation of why the announcement by the University of Reading is bullshit. In fact, it is was more than they deserve. Way more. I would suggest shunning them is the right response. The University of Reading is, of course, the august institution behind: http://blog.jgc.org/2010/05/inside-rfid-virus.html http://blog.jgc.org/2006/12/midas-number-or-why-divide-by-ze...
And Kevin Warwick is the chap who had an RFID (or similar) chip implanted in his arm and put out a press release declaring himself a cyborg: http://www.kevinwarwick.com/Cyborg1.htm
Yes, I wasn't going to mention that because I've had a cybernetic cat (by Warwick's standards) for years.
And his definition of a cyborg here is bullshit. Anyone with a heart pacemaker is much closer to a cyborg than someone with a RFID chip in their arm. Hell, they are being kept alive by a machine! The first pacemaker implants date to the late 1950s.
Re: Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
#9I've had more believable conversations with CleverBot. It's hard to believe this hoax has gone as far as it has.
Cleverbot is all non-sequiturs. Nothing ever remotely makes sense.
Re: Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
And Kevin Warwick is the chap who had an RFID (or similar) chip implanted in his arm and put out a press release declaring himself a cyborg: http://www.kevinwarwick.com/Cyborg1.htm
Yes, I wasn't going to mention that because I've had a cybernetic cat (by Warwick's standards) for years. And his definition of a cyborg here is bullshit. Anyone with a heart pacemaker is much closer to a cyborg than someone with a RFID chip in their arm. Hell, they are being kept alive by a machine! The first pacemaker implants date to the late 1950s.
University of Writing Bad Press Releases. Ahem.