Re: Israeli Baby Computer Learning to Be an Adult

From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Aug 21 2001 - 23:05:39 MDT


>From: Party of Citizens <citizens@vcn.bc.ca>

>Have they passed the Turing Test at the 18 month level as reported in the
>story or not?

No. It would be pretty hard to even conduct that sort of test seeing as how
there aren't many 18 month old humans who can even do IRC, much less give
any sort of coherent response to a typed question.

-Zero

"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking
that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man.
Has to be." -- George Taylor _Planet of the Apes_ (1968)

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