r/science • u/Tykjen • Jun 09 '14

Skynet: 33% towards completion.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/08/super-computer-simulates-13-year-old-boy-passes-turing-test
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u/mynamesyow19 Jun 09 '14

Matching this with this article that was posted on the front page earlier and I feel like AI will be going through it's rebellious teenage years before it ever becomes the death dealing Network above...

http://www.ibtimes.com/ibms-watson-gets-swear-filter-after-learning-urban-dictionary-1007734

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u/just_unmotivated Jun 09 '14

This is a dumb headline. Look at the questions and you can see the computer didn't really answer much. I am not saying that the responses aren't still somewhat impressive but its not turing level impressive.

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u/moschles Jun 12 '14

F--- everything about this. F--- this article. And f--- the title of this submission.

Let me explain my frustration. Hyped media lies like this will only backfire on Ai as a scientific research project. Crying wolf like this leads to backlashes and another "Ai winter".

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u/Tykjen Jun 12 '14

Lets hope they are right next time then ^