The Most Human Human: What Talking about Computers Teaches Us about What It Means to Be Alive

Опубликовано 8 сентября 2016, 17:17

In 1950 famed mathematician Alan Turing predicted that computers would someday become so sophisticated that we ΓÇ£will be able to speak of machines thinking.ΓÇ¥ The Turing test has become the holy grail of artificial intelligence scientists, and while no program has yet passed TuringΓÇÖs test, several have come close and are increasingly adapted by corporations, the entertainment industry, and even the medical community as human substitutes. Each year the AI community convenes for the Loebner Prize, where the Turing test is administered and the most advanced computer programs compete. The top-rated computer program that wins gets the so-called Most Human Computer Award. But there is a bizarre and fascinating catch: Real people compete, too, and the one who prevails wins the Most Human Human Award. Brian Christian was that Human, and will be here to discuss what, through his experience, acting