Craig Daniel on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:42:21 -0700 (MST)


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Re: [s-d] [s-b] Ignore the problem and paper over it later.


On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Elliott Hird
<penguinofthegods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2009/2/19 Geoffrey Spear <wooble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> A still has the "the Turing Test" problem.  Although I may be the only
>> person who cares.
>
> A is interpreted more lightly. Plus, passing the turing test is only defined
> for machines, therefore we have to pick a meaning for humans ourselves,
> and I say we pick "all humans pass the turing test".
>
> Or, we could say that our computers pass it by sending human messages.

I like this version. I'm going to ask to have my computer join A.
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