Can Machines Think ?
In 1950, The British mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing asked the question: Can Machines Think ? in his research paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”.
Turing proposed a practical way to test machine intelligence later called as Turing Test.
What Turing Proposed ?
If a machine can behave like a human during a conversation, then it could be considered intelligent.
How the Turing Test Works ?
This test involves three participants
- A Human Judge
- A Human Participant
- A machine (computer program)
The test goes like this:
- The Judge sends questions to both to the human and machine through text messages only.
- Both participants respond through text.
- The judge reads the answers and tries to determine which response came from human or which response came from machine ? The judge can ask follow-up questions to test the responses.
- If the judge cannot reliably tell the difference between the machine and the human, the machine is said to have Passed the Turing Test.
