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sliding public idea of "what a computer can do" now biggest threat to my victory by Ray of Light 03/15/2011, 12:57am PDT
Watson in 2003 (with Turing Test game mode) would have fooled anyone. But now the Turing judges can use what they saw on Jeopardy! to defeat the machines. I underestimated the importance of surprise.
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The Long Bets (Mitchell Kapor vs Raymond Kurzweil / Fussbett vs Ray of Light) by Fussbett 08/28/2008, 1:11pm PDT NEW
    Didn't ELIZA pass this test decades ago? NT by Mischief Maker 08/28/2008, 1:24pm PDT NEW
        This bet says the computer can fool skeptics for 2 hours. Eliza wasn't that goo NT by Last 08/28/2008, 1:37pm PDT NEW
            Yeah, no one cares that ELIZA fooled some idiot back in 1967 when people... by Fussbett 08/28/2008, 2:38pm PDT NEW
                Re: Yeah, no one cares that ELIZA fooled some idiot back in 1967 when people... by Entropy Stew 08/28/2008, 2:51pm PDT NEW
                    What are the commercial possibilities of a human-seeming instant messager bot? NT by Fussbett 08/28/2008, 5:53pm PDT NEW
                        A/S/L? NT by Robohooker 08/28/2008, 6:11pm PDT NEW
                        Script-driven customer support. NT by Last 08/28/2008, 6:25pm PDT NEW
                        Unlimited by Entropy Stew 08/28/2008, 9:11pm PDT NEW
                            I don't think conversation is the appeal of Real Doll TM NT by Mischief Maker 08/28/2008, 9:25pm PDT NEW
                                You can bring it with you to office functions NT by Entropy Stew 08/28/2008, 9:30pm PDT NEW
                                download some programs off the internet and install them (O GOD WORM YOU SICK FU NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 08/28/2008, 9:35pm PDT NEW
                                    Procedurally generated screaming. :) NT by Worm 08/28/2008, 9:40pm PDT NEW
                                        fractal scat NT by Entropy Stew 08/28/2008, 10:10pm PDT NEW
                                            gape is something only a real AI could simulate NT by Worm 08/28/2008, 10:20pm PDT NEW
                                                That's NP-hard by Entropy Stew 08/28/2008, 11:32pm PDT NEW
                                                    he can't get NP hard unless he can enact a snuff film with them NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 08/29/2008, 1:01am PDT NEW
                                                    A traveling salesman has four suit cases with three women in them at points a, b NT by ,c, and d Worm 08/29/2008, 4:36pm PDT NEW
                            I think the first Turing Test success will be a faker, not an idea parser. NT by Fussbett 08/28/2008, 10:41pm PDT NEW
                                That was why I brought it up by Entropy Stew 08/28/2008, 11:22pm PDT NEW
                                    Additionally... by Entropy Stew 08/29/2008, 1:02am PDT NEW
                                Would you consider OpenAI's chatGPT 4 to have passed the Turing test? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/06/2023, 10:20pm PDT NEW
                            More literate spam NT by mark 08/28/2008, 11:03pm PDT NEW
                Re: Yeah, no one cares that ELIZA fooled some idiot back in 1967 when people... by Bananadine 08/28/2008, 6:59pm PDT NEW
                    I spent like 20 minutes reading those transcripts (logs). Mostly the human ones! NT by Fussbett 08/29/2008, 2:37pm PDT NEW
    I'm with Fussbett NT by Last 08/28/2008, 1:35pm PDT NEW
    Re: The Long Bets (Mitchell Kapor vs Raymond Kurzweil / Fussbett vs Ray of Light by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/28/2008, 1:36pm PDT NEW
        What, no love for SLAC? by laudablepuss 08/28/2008, 2:47pm PDT NEW
            SPLAC? Compared to the obvious joke-name of the Large Hadron Collider? Come on! by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/28/2008, 5:35pm PDT NEW
    Futurists by Fussbett 08/29/2008, 2:34am PDT NEW
        Re: Futurists by Mischief Maker 08/29/2008, 7:57am PDT NEW
            DNA is involved in thinking . . . how exactly? (Hint: in no way whatsoever.) NT by laudablepuss 08/29/2008, 1:01pm PDT NEW
                I'm moving all of my money into this thread. BUY! BUY! NT by Caltrops meme futures trader 08/29/2008, 1:42pm PDT NEW
                untrue. Neurons use changes in gene expression to store information.___________ by blackwater 11/12/2013, 10:00pm PST NEW
                    It makes his statement true by laudablepuss 11/13/2013, 12:31pm PST NEW
                    Interesting, but that's epigenetic, not genetic NT by Entropy Stew 11/13/2013, 2:30pm PST NEW
                        YALLS MOM IS epigenetic NT by I had to paste that cos I couldn't 11/13/2013, 2:38pm PST NEW
        Hello! NT by Kraftwerk 08/29/2008, 2:11pm PDT NEW
            Hi! How many people are in Kraftwerk? Is that number more than one? Peace out. NT by Fussbett 08/29/2008, 2:36pm PDT NEW
            You're probably thinking of Georgio Moroder or someone like that v_v NT by Jerry Whorebach 08/29/2008, 10:58pm PDT NEW
        Re: Futurists by Quétinbec 08/31/2008, 1:06am PDT NEW
            Stop projecting your issues onto me! by Fussbett 08/31/2008, 7:50am PDT NEW
                Re: Stop projecting your issues onto me! by Quétinbec 09/01/2008, 5:07am PDT NEW
                    Your girlfriend is in scare quotes - new site motto plz NT by Bunyip 09/01/2008, 6:20pm PDT NEW
                        I will do it in the hopes that we get more Bunyip, whom I enjoy NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/01/2008, 9:20pm PDT NEW
                            Ugh, when will ICJ stop bribing posters just to post? by Fussbett 09/01/2008, 9:37pm PDT NEW
                    "girlfriend" is for out-of-country temporary make-do girlfriends. by Fussbett 09/01/2008, 8:00pm PDT NEW
                        Re: "girlfriend" is for out-of-country temporary make-do girlfriends. by Quétinbec 09/02/2008, 6:43am PDT NEW
                            How WOULD a 65 year old millionaire hope to get laid, QB? NT by FABIO 09/02/2008, 10:42am PDT NEW
                                He would mostly play computer games but occassionally whore. NT by Quétinbec 09/03/2008, 10:50pm PDT NEW
                            See if the Malay "girlfriend" will act as an older sister figure to the new "GF" by Fussbett 09/04/2008, 4:50am PDT NEW
                                She would rather murder us both. by Quétinbec 09/04/2008, 7:12pm PDT NEW
                                    You already know you can subdue her physically. by Fussbett 09/04/2008, 9:39pm PDT NEW
                                        Hurry up and inherit a farm, Fussbett! NT by SHEESH! 09/05/2008, 8:25am PDT NEW
                                    prease dont lie to good peopur by malay mango 09/05/2008, 2:27am PDT NEW
                                        Re: prease dont lie to good peopur by Quétinbec 09/06/2008, 8:16am PDT NEW
                                            Re: prease dont lie to good peopur by malay mango 09/06/2008, 10:26pm PDT NEW
                                                yeah, the guy obviously bleached his hair NT by people with eyes 09/08/2008, 3:56pm PDT NEW
            Re: Futurists by lurkie 02/03/2009, 8:17pm PST NEW
    2008 Loebner Prize winner fools 25% of the judges by Fussbett 11/10/2008, 1:42pm PST NEW
        You sound like Sara Palin (a stupid fuckin slut) by Jerry Whorebach 11/10/2008, 2:25pm PST NEW
        Q: A/S/L? A: "The answer is z." by Zsenitan 11/10/2008, 2:53pm PST NEW
        Re: 2008 Loebner Prize winner fools 25% of the judges by Entropy Stew 11/10/2008, 3:58pm PST NEW
        Re: 2008 Loebner Prize winner fools 25% of the judges by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/10/2008, 4:14pm PST NEW
        Re: 2008 Loebner Prize winner fools 25% of the judges by bombMexico 11/10/2008, 6:43pm PST NEW
        I got it to out itself. by Rafiki 11/10/2008, 11:10pm PST NEW
            you arrogant ass you killed US NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 11/10/2008, 11:49pm PST NEW
                What if the torpedo missed the sub after he said that? by I need clarification 11/11/2008, 2:54am PST NEW
            Rafiki is consistently my favorite poster NT by Caltrops 11/11/2008, 4:10pm PST NEW
            oh my god by fabio 09/18/2013, 5:20am PDT NEW
                Hahahaha by Eurotrash 09/18/2013, 1:50pm PDT NEW
                    What happened by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/18/2013, 3:28pm PDT NEW
                        Ach, my post was just a slight anxiety attack, the result of an evening of by Eurotrash 09/19/2013, 12:42pm PDT NEW
        Re: 2008 Loebner Prize winner fools 25% of the judges by Magnus, Robot Fighter 11/12/2008, 11:54am PST NEW
    Latest Kurzweil circle-jerk not lending him or his predictions any credibility. by motherfuckerfoodeater 02/03/2009, 6:13am PST NEW
        How much is the Wired staff masturbating about this news? by Fussbett 02/03/2009, 1:48pm PST NEW
        CHANCELLOR NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 02/03/2009, 2:03pm PST NEW
            That's fancy academic-speak for the guy with THE FINEST of the oak pipes. NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 02/03/2009, 5:34pm PST NEW
                Bertrand Russell never got to be a Chancellor =/ NT by Fortinbras 03/22/2009, 1:25am PDT NEW
                    Psh and Grizzly Adams had a beard. NT by Shooter McGavin 03/22/2009, 11:16am PDT NEW
    *scary as shit graph* by Ray of Light 03/21/2009, 6:17pm PDT NEW
        Or cool as shit. 8) NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 03/21/2009, 6:23pm PDT NEW
        Unless Kurzweil is short for Future-Kurzweil, how the H.G. Wells would he know? NT by Gruman 03/21/2009, 6:44pm PDT NEW
            reddit post addressing this very question by Ray of Light 03/21/2009, 7:39pm PDT NEW
                Re: reddit post addressing this very question by Entropy Stew 03/21/2009, 9:10pm PDT NEW
                    That was written by me (for reddit) by Ray of Light 03/22/2009, 9:31am PDT NEW
                        Re: That was written by me (for reddit) by E. L. Koba 03/22/2009, 10:12am PDT NEW
                            time and progress turn compute problems into I/O problems by Ray of Light 03/22/2009, 12:23pm PDT NEW
                                Senor Barborito by Fussbett 03/22/2009, 3:04pm PDT NEW
                                    Re: Senor Barborito by Entropy Stew 03/23/2009, 1:32am PDT NEW
                                        Not true~~~! by Zsenitan 03/24/2009, 9:26am PDT NEW
                                            So true NT by Kab(uke) Seme 01/17/2014, 1:03pm PST NEW
                        Re: That was written by me (for reddit) by Mischief Maker 03/22/2009, 2:58pm PDT NEW
                            Re: That was written by me (for reddit) by Ray of Light 03/24/2009, 8:09am PDT NEW
        Layman with questions, at the risk of sounding stupid! by Fussbett 03/27/2009, 10:35am PDT NEW
            Re: Layman with questions, at the risk of sounding stupid! by laudablepuss 03/27/2009, 12:16pm PDT NEW
                Re: Layman with questions, at the risk of sounding stupid! by Ray of Light 03/27/2009, 1:19pm PDT NEW
                    A few other things by Ray of Light 03/27/2009, 1:35pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Layman with questions, at the risk of sounding stupid! by Fussbett 03/27/2009, 2:13pm PDT NEW
                        (which is why I was using 10^16) NT by Fussbett 03/27/2009, 2:21pm PDT NEW
        Cat Brain achieved by Choson 11/18/2009, 11:16am PST NEW
            "The thinking part of the brain!" by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/18/2009, 2:01pm PST NEW
                Re: "The thinking part of the brain!" by Backpropagating Stew 11/19/2009, 7:41pm PST NEW
                    No by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/19/2009, 11:15pm PST NEW
    Update log: Ray is closing in on the prize (in his mind) by Fussbett 04/05/2010, 1:26pm PDT NEW
        Q1 2011 update: Computers good at Jeopardy (reference to "tweets" still ok) NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/20/2011, 5:17pm PST NEW
            sliding public idea of "what a computer can do" now biggest threat to my victory by Ray of Light 03/15/2011, 12:57am PDT NEW
                What do you think about surprise? NT by ELIZA 03/15/2011, 4:35am PDT NEW
    Twitter bots fool over 200 followers by E. L. Koba 03/27/2011, 6:05pm PDT NEW
        2012 Loebner Contest Website dumber than average Loebner chatbot by Souffle of Pain 05/18/2012, 3:13pm PDT NEW
            "The judge's questions appear in the bottom two panes." NT by WELL DUH what language ISN'T read f 05/19/2012, 8:32am PDT NEW
    Not looking good, Ray NT by Mysterious Stranger 01/01/2013, 8:51pm PST NEW
        Oh yeah? Computers are now taking on comedy. Already as funny as TDARCOS by Smell Gibson 01/04/2013, 7:10pm PST NEW
    Ray Kurzweil is now Google's director of engineering by Mr. Kool 01/02/2013, 8:17pm PST NEW
        It is not. by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/02/2013, 8:58pm PST NEW
    2013 Loebner Prize winner's qualifier round by Mitsuku 09/18/2013, 3:28am PDT NEW
    What happens if the test is "passed" by obvious moron judges? NT by viDEEooo! 11/14/2013, 5:59am PST NEW
    Two more years, Ray! NT by Ray of Light Fan 01/01/2014, 9:36pm PST NEW
    Supercomputer takes 40m to simulate less than 1% of brain for 1 second. by Last 01/13/2014, 2:57pm PST NEW
    Paid out at 80 cents on the dollar by Ray of Light 02/25/2014, 2:10am PST NEW
        A fine conclusion. One of the hallmarks of Caltrops. NT by Shredder 02/25/2014, 7:40am PST NEW
            "Will Ray or Fussbett still post to Caltrops by 2015" would have been a better b NT by Mysterio 05/14/2014, 10:42pm PDT NEW
        Re: Paid out at 80 cents on the dollar by laudablepuss 02/25/2014, 11:10am PST NEW
            Re: Paid out at 80 cents on the dollar by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/25/2014, 11:53am PST NEW
        Maybe you paid up too soon by laudablepuss 06/09/2014, 1:27pm PDT NEW
            You got played by Captain Cyborg by Entropy Stew 06/09/2014, 9:10pm PDT NEW
                This is why I don't make bets with real money :( NT by laudablepuss 06/09/2014, 9:15pm PDT NEW
                PSH, I've seen better chatbots by Ray Kurzwell 06/11/2014, 8:29am PDT NEW
                    No I'm a 13 year old little boy, I swear NT by To Catch an AI 06/11/2014, 4:35pm PDT NEW
        Stinky is going into a counter top MAME "cabinet". Stinks less after the timeout NT by FSBT 06/10/2014, 9:52pm PDT NEW
        Where do you post these days, Ray? NT by Mysterio Lollerson 02/11/2016, 7:41pm PST NEW
    2 chat bots have at it by oooooooooooo! 09/28/2014, 7:59pm PDT NEW
    Fussbett wins by Fussbett 01/01/2016, 11:25pm PST NEW
        Re: Fussbett wins by Rafiki 01/02/2016, 10:56am PST NEW
    The biggest upset of this thread by fabio 01/02/2016, 9:05pm PST NEW
        Re: The biggest upset of this thread by X 08/30/2023, 6:12am PDT NEW
 
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