Goalposts

Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?

2023 Marchresource0x

About whether the Turing test is still the real goalpost for AGI.

The goalpost remains where it was: Turing test. The necessary condition for the machine to pass the test is to stop generating non-sequiturs.

An AI passes the Turing test, which at minimum means it no longer produces non-sequiturs.

Has this happened?

Yes 83 (66%)Not sure 19 (15%)No 23 (18%)

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