Artificial Intelligence Is Here – Socialbots & Turing Tests
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
06/10/2014
A computer program called “Eugene Goostman,” has reportedly become the first artificially created human being to fool more than 30% of judges that he is a real person (the Turing Test). It is thought to be the first computer to pass the iconic test. Though other programs have claimed successes, those included set topics or questions in advance. The computer program claims to be a 13-year-old boy from Odessa in Ukraine. This is particularly interesting in light of a recent piece from the MIT Technology Review titled, “How Advanced Socialbots Have Infiltrated Twitter,” which demonstrated the ability of Twitterbots (i.e., fake computer generated Twitter accounts) to not only gain more followers than actual human users, but to also infiltrate social groups within Twitter and exercise influence within them.
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