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From: jr@lf-server-2.bbn.com.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: The CyberTest
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Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 12:35:49 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  9 12:35:49 1987
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In article  <1639@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> vnend@engr.uky.edu (D. V. W. James) writes:
>In article <6413@apple.UUCP> grady@apple.UUCP (Grady Ward) writes:
>>	O.K.  So the Turing test can tell you when AI's are
>>indistinguishable from humans.
>>-- Grady Ward
>
>	But all (ha!) that this requires is an expert system for convincing
>humans,  a talking head that scores high on retoric.  The only area that 
>it would really be superior in would be convincing people (not easy, but...)
>I'm afraid that the Cybertest is going to require a little more than this,
>as some of us will require more than persuation, intuition and eloquence to
>say that someon or thing is superior.  It's gonna take *proof*!

Now come on.  Just look at Reagan's success in selling ridiculous
ideas.  Couple the cybertron to the right folksy tone and style, and
you'll convince the world (well, at least the U.S. population).  Garry
Trudeau is onto something.

>-- 
>Later y'all,             Vnend            Ignorance is the Mother of Adventure.
-- 
/jr
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