New tests exploring robot intelligence
An initial performance experiment has taken place in Berkshire, England, with the purpose of testing and recognizing intelligent thinking tendencies at robots. During the experiment, five robots have maintained free conversations for several minutes.
Researchers from Reading University have tested five machines in order to find out whether they would be able to pass for humans in the context of a basic conversation. The program was drafted in 1950 by British mathematician Alan Turing, who affirms that, if a machine may not be distinguished from a human being at this level, it can be considered capable of thinking.
Of five testes robots, only Elba has approached the minimum necessary level, attaining five points beneath the differential limit. However, none of the robots has passed the Turing test, which demanded that the robot should try and cheat on 30% of his human interlocutors in the context of a conversation.
Source: BBC
