Post #3115322

(I've said various versions of this before, but maybe this makes the point clearer:) The Turing Test is **NOT** a benchmark. It's a **warning**. i.e., Turing *knew* that trying to define "intelligence" was, at best, way more difficult than people gave it credit for, likely completely futile. His proposed "test" is, "If you can be fooled into thinking there's something intelligent there, then there is (or at least there might as well be)." Meaning that's the only definition you're ever going to get for "intelligence". And if it turns out we are that easily fooled (which, I hate to say, is now looking like it may be generally the case) then we **REALLY** have to be watching our backs for **other** ways we're getting fooled. Discuss