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💭 Reflecting on AI and the Turing Test:
In our rapidly advancing tech landscape, large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4o are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are regularly passing the Turing Test by generating human-like responses. This raises intriguing questions about the nature of intelligence and the limitations of the Turing Test itself.
While these models mimic human conversation convincingly, does this equate to true understanding? Or is the Turing Test merely a measure of linguistic mimicry?
Let's explore these thoughts together:
• What defines true intelligence?
• How should we measure AI capabilities beyond the Turing Test?
• What ethical considerations should guide our use of AI?
Join the conversation and share your perspectives! 🤖🧠💡
#AI #TuringTest #Philosophy #Technology #Ethics #Intelligence #LLMs

“Humans are a social species down to our core; the more modern life erodes our opportunities for actual human companionship — whether it’s by interposing technology as an intermediary into every interaction, or sucking up all our time with the capitalist/consumerist grind — the more desperate we’ll become for friendly-sounding volleyball substitutes.”

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#AI#TuringTest#AGI

What OpenAI Really Wants

“Riding with #Altman, I can almost hear the ringing, ambiguous chord that opens “A Hard Day’s Night”—introducing the future. Last November, when #OpenAI let loose its monster hit, #ChatGPT, it triggered a tech explosion not seen since the #Internet burst into our lives. Suddenly the #TuringTest was history, search engines were endangered species, and no college essay could ever be trusted. No job was safe. No scientific problem was immutable.”

wired.com/story/what-openai-re

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But even if *we* aren't three ducks in a raincoat, if LLMs can pretend to be three ducks in a raincoat, that'll be enough to convince most people of their sentience, I believe spuriously.

As a kid, I was hardcore #TuringTest on all this and not even Searle's #ChineseRoom could shake me on that. But then I read this:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empe

And it's created very large doubts about *everything* ever since.

Bloody Penrose!

en.wikipedia.orgThe Emperor's New Mind - Wikipedia

Interest: Pi, an "AI companion," is up and running and ready to chat. I would say we're well beyond the Turing test at this point.

heypi.com/talk

I read about it in the NY Times:

archive.ph/zXQ0h

My wife's first question: "Why should I trust you?" 🙂

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