Microsoft to conduct The Turing test on the Chinese masses
A report was published by The Business Insider regarding Microsoft Corporation where the giant is coming up with a Turing test which will help them to determine if humans can judge which messaging is reaching them by a human and a chatbot- a machine configured message.
Back in 1951, Mr. Alan Turing came up with a theory known as the Imitation Game which was conducted to gauge which was more intelligent, a computer or a human. The idea behind this concept was that an individual would get a message, will he be able to judge if it is from a machine or a human. If the answer is machine then it will be deduced that computers are smarter. This test is now known as the Turing Test.
Quite recently in the Chinese market it was deduced that the local populace are getting attracted to an advanced digital assistant known as the Xiaoice. This is quite similar to the story depicted in the movie, Her. Xiaoice which is pronounced as “Shao-ice” is a chatbot that is designed by the Windows 10 giant for its users in China. The platform comprehends all the queries it gets from its users and then responds in a manner that is extremely humanly. The software is designed in a manner that it actually learns from the human beings which is in accordance to the response generated by humans in various situations. This is done by going through the data on social forum along with other exchanges that take place amongst humans on the Internet allowing it to develop empathy.
The chatbot has been successful in provider better insights regarding the human psychology. Yongdong Wang, a renowned Chinese researcher stated, “Xiaoice is teaching us what makes a relationship feel human,” however, it is now making the entire human race quite vulnerable.
At this point of time, The Turing test will tell us about the human race in general. It will gauge if humans are actually okay with sharing their planet with machines that have human like abilities such as talking. Moreover, they can also play and compete with humans in general.
Our lives are becoming increasingly digitized which has resulted in a world which is dependent on machinery for most of its task. The Turing test will produce accurate results regarding the hypothesis however, machines have somehow or the other become extremely important in our everyday life which is actually quite alarming.
The growth in terms of artificial intelligence can be gauged from the fact that the search engine giant’s artificial intelligence platform is all set to compete with the world champion of the Go board game. The game actually has “10 to the power 700 possible moves”. Thus, if artificial intelligence has become so powerful that it cracks at such a high level then just imagine how things will be when Xiaoice takes in Google’s AI and make all your important life decisions that are in an empathetic manner.
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