Monday, May 26, 2008

The Turing Test

The lecturer of the Artificial Intelligence course once told us that whatever that he had taught us, we may forget; but we must remember what the Turing Test is. Obviously, I didn't. This question came out in both the mid-term and finals, and I crapped through both because I simply don't understand what he was trying to say.

Finally, 3 weeks after the exams have ended, I've understood what a Turing test is. While reading the sci-fi book

2001: A Space Odyssey by Sir Arthur C. Clarke,

I read this line of word "If one could carry out a prolonged conversation with a machine - whether by typewriter or microphone was immaterial - without being able to distinguish between its replies and those that a man might give, then ....." then the machine has passed the Turing test.

One line, so clear, yet the lecturer simply made it sounds like an ordeal. Now I'm starting to worry about the result that will be coming out this Friday at 6pm.

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