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To: PatrickHenry

Never use me as a human judge in a Turing Test... I always get fooled by these things because they seem so real and human. ;-)

285 posted on 05/03/2006 4:24:37 PM PDT by trashcanbred (Anti-social and anti-socialist)

To: trashcanbred

Never use me as a human judge in a Turing Test... I always get fooled by these things because they seem so real and human.

There are humans (of a sort) running the thing, who step in when they think it's necessary. But mostly it just runs itself.

287 posted on 05/03/2006 4:29:03 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Unresponsive to trolls, lunatics, fanatics, retards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)

To: trashcanbred

Thanks for mentioning the Turing Test. I wikipediaed it, and then I linked into Searle's Chinese Room. Fascinating!

306 posted on 05/03/2006 5:24:25 PM PDT by stands2reason ("Patriotism is the highest form of dissent." - Mark Steyn)

To: trashcanbred

Why do you think get fooled by Turing tests?

364 posted on 05/03/2006 7:43:12 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)

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