:TECHBRARIAN

Imagine this:  you are instant messaging with two “people”.  One of the people is human and the other is really a computer.  Can you tell the difference?

This is the question that a man named Alan Turing had in 1950.  He called this test– to see if humans could tell the difference between Man and Machine– The Turing Test.  So far, no machine has passed.  That said, ever year computers come closer and closer to passing the Turing Test.

Now it’s your turn to test some of the machines.  This is not exactly a Turing Test because there are no humans on the other end, but your job is to talk with two machines and figure out why you know they’re not human.

1. Click on each of these machines and have a conversation with them:

Splotchy

Suzette

2.  In your blog answer the following questions:

a) Did either of the machines come close to passing the Turing Test (did they seem human?)

b) What were some of the questions you asked them?  Why?

c) Why do you think it’s so hard to design a machine that passes the Turing Test?

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Watch THIS video. Now Pick an answer:

a) You have no choice, tell her your phone is broken

b) Tell her she needs to trust you and give you some space

c) Move away and work on a horse ranch

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In your blog answer the following questions:

1.  Which choice did you pick? Why?

2. If you could have added a choice, what would it have been? Why?

3. Have you ever had to deal with a text monster?  If so, tell the story.  If not, feel free to make up a story.

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