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When is a Computer Said to Have Passed A Turing Test

  • A computer is said to have passed the Turing test "if it is able to convince a human evaluator that it is a human, based on its responses to a series of questions or prompts." The Turing test, which was first proposed by the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing in 1950, is designed to test a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.

  • In the Turing test, the computer must engage in natural language conversations with one or more human evaluators, who are unaware that they are communicating with a machine. If the evaluator(s) cannot consistently distinguish the computer's responses from those of a human, the computer is said to have passed the Turing test.

  • It is worth noting that passing the Turing test is not equivalent to demonstrating true intelligence, consciousness, or sentience, as it only tests a machine's ability to mimic human behavior. Nevertheless, passing the Turing test has historically been considered a significant milestone in the development of artificial intelligence.

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