J.M. BergerDec 4, 2022

The Turing Test poisoned the minds of generations of AI enthusiasts, because its criteria is producing text that persuades observers it was written by a human.

The result? Generative AI text products designed to "appear real" rather than produce accurate or ethical outputs.

It *should* be obvious why it's problematic to create a piece of software that excels at persuasion without concern for accuracy, honesty or ethics. But apparently it's not.

Show threadschoolingdianaDec 4, 2022
@intelwire Was that the point of the test? I’m confused.
Show threadskryDec 4, 2022
@schoolingdiana @intelwire Yes.
Show threadschoolingdianaDec 4, 2022
@intelwire @skry Why would they make it that way? Turing would not have approved.
Show threadskryDec 4, 2022
@schoolingdiana @intelwire He designed it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test
Turing test - Wikipedia

Show threadszakibDec 5, 2022

@skry @schoolingdiana @intelwire Turing's original paper is about how behavioural testing is useless in determining intelligence. He never said, "use this test to determine if machines are intelligent". He meant the opposite: don't even bother, since you can never know if it is real intelligence or something pretending to be intelligent.

https://academic.oup.com/mind/article/LIX/236/433/986238

I.—COMPUTING MACHINERY AND INTELLIGENCE

I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?’ This should begin with definitions of the meaning of the terms ‘machine’ and ‘think’. The definit

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Show threadJ.M. Berger
@szakib @skry @schoolingdiana To be clear, I'm not blaming Turing
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Show threadszakibDec 5, 2022
@intelwire @skry @schoolingdiana I didn't think you were, this was more of a "yes, and".