AI is smart — but can it think? | Michael Wooldridge

This WWII code-breaker invented the concept of Artificial Intelligence, and in the age of ChatGPT, his ideas are more relevant than ever.

The use of AI in our daily lives is becoming more ubiquitous than ever before. Anything you read online could be written, or assisted, by AI. But is it possible to know whether you’re reading words typed by a human, or generated by a machine? And can computers really be considered “intelligent”?

Alan Turing, a British mathematician and computer scientist who played a pivotal role in WWII code-breaking, was one of the first people to think about these questions seriously, back in the 1950s. In response to the early disbelief in the power of computing, he invented the Turing test: a person would type out a question on a computer, and either a human or machine would answer back. If a machine could fool the user into thinking there was a human on the other side of the screen, Turing wanted those users to accept that the machine was doing something intelligent.

The test has since become a standard way to evaluate the progress of AI research, used as a benchmark for measuring the progress of artificial intelligence. In this video, Oxford professor Michael Wooldridge emphasizes Turing's incredible contributions to computing and AI, and how his ideas continue to pave the way for our modern AI revolution.

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[OvenAssociation]

AI is not self-aware. We can't make that. We can simulate and imitate self-awareness, but it will never be there

[hihoktf]

A stronger Turing Test.. When interaction with a known A.I. causes you to question your own humanity.

[gabrielajonczyk]

If E=mc3 makes constant now is there something like quick?

[JayPatel-hdyz]

AI cant think on its own yet, but it can still replicate things such has human behavior in some cases.

[SaadMohammedGhori]

If I AI is good at one specific thing then should humans generalise their skills and knowledge instead of specialising?

[marshallmcluhan]

Humans will keep moving the goal posts until the one asking the question is a robot.

[StarOnCheek]

Can it think - bust should it? Should we?

[ChrisStewart]

Seems like the content did not really address the tittle question. -1
A shallow description of the Turing test. -1
Did not really add anything to the topic -1

Final grade: F

[MaksimY_]

If you cant tell wether the burger is vegan meat or real meat, you might as well think of it as real meat!

What a dumb test. Like srsly guys...