chollingJan 28, 2025
For years I've been hearing that "One day AI will be smarter than humans and we'll all be doomed."

"Nonsense," I said. "AI is very stupid, and not getting noticeably smarter." And I was right.

But I didn't think about the fact that there were two ways that prophecy could be fulfilled.
Show threadReginald15h ago

@cholling Related:

Turing was wrong, his test doesn't determine whether machines are intelligent, it determines whether humans are credulous.

Show threadMarsh Ray

@raganwald @cholling Bullshit.

Turing proposed the ‘Imitation Game’ specifically as a better-posed alternative to such questions, which he called “absurd”.

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Show threadcholling7h ago
@marshray @raganwald No matter what Turing wanted it to measure, what it actually measures is how easily people can be tricked to think something is intelligent.
Show threadMarsh Ray7h ago
@cholling Sorry if it wasn't clear, that was in reply to the "Turing was wrong" claim here:
https://social.bau-ha.us/@raganwald/116403210849831335