Look Who's Moving the Goal Posts Now

Author: Hauser L.

Source: Minds and Machines, Volume 11, Number 1, February 2001 , pp. 41-51(11)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

The abject failure of Turing's first prediction (of computer success in playing the Imitation Game) confirms the aptness of the Imitation Game test as a test of human level intelligence. It especially belies fears that the test is too easy. At the same time, this failure disconfirms expectations that human level artificial intelligence will be forthcoming any time soon. On the other hand, the success of Turing's second prediction (that acknowledgment of computer thought processes would become commonplace) in practice amply confirms the thought that computers think in some manner and are possessed of some level of intelligence already. This lends ever-growing support to the hypothesis that computers will think at a human level eventually, despite the abject failure of Turing's first prediction.

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Alma College, Department of Philosophy, 614 W. Superior, Alma, MI 48801, USA

Publication date: 2001-02-01