1992
Selekoa’s 4 records dated 1992, in date order, grouped by topic.
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Ideas & lineages 4 records
February 1992
· publication · dated to the day
The mailing-list message “Real-life Turing test” (1992-02-10) is sent under the name Mark Rosenfelder. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
Rosenfelder’s 1992 message offers the restricted-topic Loebner competition in Boston, where, the message says, five of ten judges took a program for human, as food for thought for those who think the Turing test sufficient. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
Franzen’s 1992 reply says people often infer understanding from sparse or vacuous responses, and that a Turing test is only a test when conducted by someone who knows what they are doing. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
McCullough’s 1992 reply denies that the Boston competition was a serious conversation test, and argues that the judges who were not fooled show that humans and computers could be distinguished by behavioural tests. Evidence ↗