Proposed in 1950 by the computer engineer and mathematician Alan Turing, the Turing test seek to determine if a machine can be consider as an “intelligent” one.
It consist with a conversation (vocal or transcribed) between the tested machine and two humans. If one of the humans is unable to distinguish the machine from his other human interlocutor, the machine will be declared “A.I.”
Matching words: Artificial intelligence
To read :
- The Turing Option, by Harry Harrison and Marvin Minsky