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Turing Test Questions

You, of course, know what the Turing Test is. OK, for any of you who have been imprisoned in a cave for the last couple of decades, the Turing Test was developed during the 1950's by Alan Turing. Basically, it is a test for artificial intelligence. Turing concluded that a machine could be seen as being intelligent if it could "fool" a human into believing it was human.

The original Turing Test involved a human interrogator using a computer terminal, which was in turn connected to two additional, and unseen, terminals. At one of the "unseen" terminals is a human; at the other is a piece of computer software or hardware written to act and respond as if it were human.

The interrogator would converse with both human and computer. If, after a certain amount of time (Turing proposed five minutes, but the exact amount of time is generally considered irrelevant), the interrogator cannot decide which candidate is the machine and which the human, the machine is said to be intelligent.

Here is your chance to add your two cents (OK, 5 cents with inflation) and pose a question that you don't think a computer could answer and sound like a human.

I will give you a couple of examples to start you off.

Did you cry when ET went home?

Why do people stop to stare at a car accident?

How do you define perception?

OK, got the idea? Good. Now it is your turn.
MartiInMexico's profile
Can't imagine any success at this, computers can be coached pretty good. Does the computer get to lie or must it tell the truth?
MisterScience's profile

over 2 years ago
What does lobster taste like?
What makes happy people cry?
What was your first time like?
Idamay's profile

over 2 years ago
MrScience, the computer just like a human is allowed any response including lying.

A computer cannot be coached on every possible response so instead it fudges with some ambiguous answers when it doesn't understand the input.
My father when he got old and his hearing declined also did the same thing.

One should be able to trip up a computer with basic sensory issues like:
Which is tastier vanilla ice cream over fried chicken or chocolate sauce over mashed potatoes?
Raouf's profile

over 2 years ago
Who is Quaturnicus?
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Hunterseeker2's profile

over 2 years ago
i think people stare at auto accidents to check to see if they are related to the one that wrecked.
matchstich's profile

over 2 years ago
First time what?
pattiwatt's profile

over 2 years ago
Seriously though, here's one I have asked each of the three serious love interests in my life - Did you like the end of the film, "The Graduate" or did you think Katherine Ross should have stayed in the church? The only one who disagreed with my answer was my first husband who I divorced after ten years. There are some people who can't be as human as a computer
pattiwatt's profile

over 2 years ago

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