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Subject: Turing test in everyday life
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Date: Wed, 9-Nov-83 03:41:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  9 03:41:00 1983
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From:  Steven A. Swernofsky <SASW @ MIT-MC>

    . . .
    I know the entity at the other end of the line is not a computer
    (because they recognize my voice -- someone correct me if this is not a
    good test) but we might ask: how good would a computer program have to
    be to fool someone into thinking that it is human, in this limited case?

    [There is a system, in use, that can recognize affirmative and negative
    replies to its questions.
    . . .  -- KIL]

No, I always test these callers by interrupting to ask them questions,
by restating what they said to me, and by avoiding "yes/no" responses.

I appears to me that the extremely limited domain, and the utter lack of
expertise which people expect from the caller, would make it very easy to
simulate a real person.  Does the fact of a limited domain "disguise"
the intelligence of the caller, or does it imply that intelligence means
a lot less in a limited domain?

-- Steve