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Turing test
The Turing test, proposed by Alan Turing in 1950, asks whether a machine can hold a text conversation that people can’t tell apart from a human’s.
Also called imitation game
In more detail
In the test, a judge chats with a person and a machine without seeing either, then guesses which is which. If the judge can’t reliably tell, the machine passes.
Modern chatbots can often fool people in short conversations, but passing the test doesn’t show that a system understands or thinks. Researchers now rely on benchmarks that measure specific skills.
Related terms
ChatbotA chatbot is a program you talk to in text or voice that replies like a person would. Modern AI chatbots like ChatGPT are powered by large language models.AI benchmarkAn AI benchmark is a standard test used to measure and compare how well AI models perform on a task, such as maths problems, coding or general knowledge.AnthropomorphismAnthropomorphism is treating an AI as if it had human feelings, thoughts or intentions, because it talks like a person.
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