About whether the Turing test is a meaningful test of machine intelligence.
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About whether the Turing test is a meaningful test of machine intelligence.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
On the contrary it's a wonderful test because it establishes indistinguishability; namely if you pass it, the whole point is that a person can't tell the computer from the intelligent thing. Meaning that you can't really argue that the computer is different than the intelligent thing. Because how would you tell them apart?
Besides, the original claim was that the goalposts are moving. And even if you hate the Turing test, it's clear that the goalposts are not moving.