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nutbastard
11/05/08

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"to see if they're good enough to convince humans that they're actually human,"

that would be a turing test, and so far no one has come close - even with simple text communications.
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Log1c
11/05/08

@nutbastard: The most recent winner convinced 3 of 12 judges and won $2500 for it.

Given, I totally agree, text is by far and away simpler than body language.
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Hamsfork
11/05/08

@Log1c: The winner was called elbot [www.smh.com.au] You can find it here [www.elbot.com] Try talking to it for more than a minute and wonder how dumb the judges could possibly be. nutbastard's right, unless the government has super-secret computer technology, passing the Turing test is still science fiction.
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nutbastard
11/05/08

@Hamsfork:

yeah ive messed around with elbot, sure it's functional but not remotely human. i've heard the german version is more advanced, but still, when i insist that my name is john, after previously telling elbot my name is jack, it shouldn't argue with me.
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Log1c
11/05/08

@Hamsfork: Yup, I know. (robot junkie)

I posed a similar question to my freshman EE class and quite a few students thought a computer was human.
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Hamsfork
11/05/08

@Log1c: Seriously? Maybe I spent too much time with Smarterchild back in the day or I have an awesome robot sense, but I was able to tell it was not a real person pretty quickly. It kind of makes me sad though, it doesn't seem like AI has come that far since ELIZA. It's still just a pre-made list of responses. When there's procedurally generated conversation or something like that, I'll be impressed.
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Ibelieveinsandwitches
11/05/08

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It always fascinates me how technology designed to kill people can end up having such a positive effect on civilian life.

although something that erases bad memories is a little messed up. Regardless of what memories it is used to erase.
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Hamsfork
11/05/08

@Ibelieveinsandwitches: I read about this somewhere else. A protein was used in mice to make them forget things [www.sciencenews.org] I have a feeling that human memories are much more complicated and difficult to erase completely. I'm guessing we'd probably be able to erase the emotional impact of a memory without losing the memory entirely. So even though government mind-erasing technology sounds threatening it's probably a lot less scary than it sounds.
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Curves
11/05/08

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Project hot women onto the battlefield to confuse the enemy. Who is going to shoot a a naked playboy model?
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Ibelieveinsandwitches
11/05/08

@Curves:

I'm sorry my mind is in the gutter right now.

you meant they wouldn't fire at them with their guns of course.
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aec007
11/05/08

@Curves:
You took the words out of my mouth!.... Project hot naked girls and Jihad is finished. They can't look at them...

BTW, technology transfer to the porno industry would make the US Army rich with licenses and royalties!
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Curves
11/05/08

@Ibelieveinsandwitches: I have been around Giz long enough that I should have caugh that, Yes, I meant guns and bullets.
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Curves
11/05/08

@aec007: According to Jihad they cant look at naked women, but they are men first, and men can NOT look away. Hetero men are hard wired to look at women, they simply cant help themselves. (I am sure there is scientific evidence to back this up.) Thats why so many men drive off the side of the road when looking at lady joggers....they want to keep their eyes on the road, they simply cant, nature wont let them.

Youre all just victims of nature.
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jdbaile3
11/05/08

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military grade Leeroy Jenkins?
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AmishJohn
11/05/08

@jdbaile3: I was thinking more Bagdhad Zerg Rush
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