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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Turing test - the robot version
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Date: Tue, 7-Oct-86 09:40:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  7 09:40:42 1986
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> >6.  The Teletype versus the Robot Turing Test:
> >For example, the "teletype" (linguistic) version of the Turing...
> > whereas the robot version necessarily
> >calls for full causal powers of interaction with the outside
> >world (seeing, doing AND linguistic understanding).
> >
> Uh...I never heard of the "robot version" of the Turing Test,
> could someone please fill me in??

I never heard of it either, but I can guess from the context: instead
of a computer trying to fool you in ASCII, it's a robot trying to fool
you in the flesh.  That is, instead of just typing at you, it has to
tie its shoelaces, drink coffee, sit at a desk looking busy, go home to
the spouse and kids in the evening, watch T.V., and all the other
things that real humans do.

Remember, scientists aren't just trying to make things better for you.
They're also trying to fool you!


	"She blinded me with science."  --Thomas Dolby
	"She deafened me with silence."  --Len Cool
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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