Cleverbot is an online AI program that any user can “have a conversation” with. To use the program, one simply has to log onto the host website and type ANY random phrase into the conversation box, be it sensical, nonsensical, inappropriate, innocent...the options are limitless. The AI will then respond, conversation-style, with something similar or related. The nature of this program has baffled many people, and even the creators of the site claim that the average user will feel as if they are having a conversation with a real, sentient human being.
Cleverbot 's capabilities stem from its capacity to "learn" from the users it talks to. For example, it will learn all possible responses to questions like "how are you?" based on how human …show more content…
He developed the Turing Test, which measures for levels of intelligence in a machine, based on how "human-like" the machine seems in a "regular conversation" with a human. According to Turing, the actual human should not be able to sense that they are interacting with a machine. If a human is unable to distinguish whether they are speaking to a machine or a human after a few minutes of conversation, then the machine has passed the Turing test, and is deemed an "intelligent" machine, capable of …show more content…
What seems like a realistic human conversation to one person could be a VERY obvious conversation with a machine to another person. For example, with Cleverbot, some users will claim it is an actual human being on the other end, while other users are immediately aware that they are speaking to a machine, perhaps based on minor nuances in the machine 's responses, or its occasional slip-ups. Thus, whether a machine passes the Turing Test is largely dependent on who is interacting with the machine, and what experiences they have with human and machine interaction. The one criterion needed to pass the Turing test is therefore unreliable, as it may not apply to everyone or even the
Cleverbot 's capabilities stem from its capacity to "learn" from the users it talks to. For example, it will learn all possible responses to questions like "how are you?" based on how human …show more content…
He developed the Turing Test, which measures for levels of intelligence in a machine, based on how "human-like" the machine seems in a "regular conversation" with a human. According to Turing, the actual human should not be able to sense that they are interacting with a machine. If a human is unable to distinguish whether they are speaking to a machine or a human after a few minutes of conversation, then the machine has passed the Turing test, and is deemed an "intelligent" machine, capable of …show more content…
What seems like a realistic human conversation to one person could be a VERY obvious conversation with a machine to another person. For example, with Cleverbot, some users will claim it is an actual human being on the other end, while other users are immediately aware that they are speaking to a machine, perhaps based on minor nuances in the machine 's responses, or its occasional slip-ups. Thus, whether a machine passes the Turing Test is largely dependent on who is interacting with the machine, and what experiences they have with human and machine interaction. The one criterion needed to pass the Turing test is therefore unreliable, as it may not apply to everyone or even the