[UA] CRPG

[Kevin Mowery]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Epoch" <msulliva at wso.williams.edu>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [UA] CRPG

> Unfortunately, that's what we call the "Turing Test."  The ability to hold
> a conversation in a believable manner is, in fact, what computer
> scientists consider the only real test for creating a human-equivalent
> intelligence.  The test was originally proposed back in the 1940's, and
> there have been various attempts at it.  Nobody's ever come close.  My
> somewhat informed opinion is that we're a remarkably long way from
> following it.

    Of course, many people can't hold a believable conversation either.  Of
course, I suspect that only furthers the validity of the Turing Test.

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