The Turing Test

How does the Turing Test work?

Test a machines intelliengce - to see if a machine can communicate like a human by fooling another one

A human (machine A) sits at a computer terminal and asks any questions to two other computer terminals which are in seperate rooms.
One of these terminals is controlled by another human.
The other terminal is a computer being tested for intelligence.

If the human on machine A cannot distinguish between the two the test is passed.

Flaws with the test?

only tests one aspect of intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Definition of Intelligence

"involves knowing and choosing"

Aspects of Intelligence
- Ability to Learn
- Ability to recall/remember information
- Problem Solving
- Adapating to new situations
- Reasoning and the ability to explain


Definition of AI
The Science of making machines do things that if done by humans it would require intelligence to do so

Why is it hard to define AI
AI is rapidly changing and advancing field
It has an unlimited scope
There are several groups working on AI, biologists, computer scientists, psychologists - they all see AI from their own perspective of the subject