Prized Programs Need Both Eyes and Ears

摘要

In the online news story "play it again, robot" (21 March, Gonzo Scientist series), I Bohannon imprecisely described the Turing test as a chat-only test. In his seminal article "Computing machinery and intelligence" (7), Turing used the term "imitation game." He then stated, in reference to computer memory requirements, "I should be surprised if more than 10~9 was required for satisfactory playing of the imitation game, at any rate against a blind man." Presumably, the requirements for playing against a blind man would be different from the requirements for playing against a sighted person in that the game against a sighted person would permit the use of images.