wlim@ai.mit.edu (William Y-P. Lim) (06/25/91)
The current discussion on the inadequacy of the Turing Test reminds me
of some ideas I had back in my PhD days. Rather than go into a long
discussion on the topic (I've trying to get the full discussion
written down for quite a while; may be now it is time to finally get
it done), I propose that we use a very simple test:
Have you and the "thing" in question play a non-violent,
non-destructive game of "cat (you) and mouse (the 'thing')." The
harder it is to catch the "thing," the smarter it is.
Note: There apart from the requirements that game be non-violent and
non-destructive (i.e. we don't want anybody get hurt), anything goes
including lying, cheating, talking one's way out of the game, learning
and adapting to the other party, etc.
Willie
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