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Subject: Re: Einstein's Riddle
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:39:54 +0000 (UTC)
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In comp.lang.forth Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> wrote:
: Jerry Avins wrote:

:> That would require bringing to bear a great deal of artificial
:> intelligence. Ninety-nine percent of the world, me included, doesn't
:> know how to do that. Indeed, the first programmer (who will likely also
:> be an engineer) who creates a sound embodiment of artificial stupidity
:> will probably be awarded a Nobel Prize.  ö¿ö

: I've seen plenty of artificial stupidity already.

: But the trouble with defining whether or not we have AI is that
: there is no solid arrival point.

Sure there is: the Turing Test [1].  That's why it was invented.

This has been a solved problem since 1950.

Andrew.

[1] Turing, A.M. (1950). Computing machinery and intelligence. Mind,
59, 433-560.