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Article #8367Turing Test and Subject Bias
From: Gilbert Cockton
Date: Tue, 30 May 1989 11:34
Date: Tue, 30 May 1989 11:34
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If a system passes the Turing Test with one subject, but not with another, should it be considered intelligent? If 55% of a sample of hundreds say the system is intelligent, is it? What if the subjects are: a) drunk or on drugs (or a') the experimenters are :-))? b) mentally subnormal? c) polite and don't want to upset the experimenters (especially if a' applies too :-])? Then how valid is the Turing Test? Just what sort of Science did young Mr. Turing have in mind when he decided that subjective opinion could ever be a measure of system performance? How do AI types *REALLY* test their systems? -- Gilbert Cockton, Department of Computing Science, The University, Glasgow gilbert@uk.ac.glasgow.cs <europe>!ukc!glasgow!gilbert
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