With the continuous advancement of computer technology, the application scope and level of artificial intelligence are also constantly improving. Artificial intelligence has shown amazing capabilities and potential in speech recognition, image processing, natural language processing, machine learning, deep learning, etc. . But can artificial intelligence reach or exceed the level of human intelligence?
To answer this question, in 1950, Alan Turing, the father of computer science, proposed a famous test, the Turing Test. The purpose of the Turing test is to test whether a machine can exhibit human-equivalent or indistinguishable intelligence. The method of the Turing test is very simple, which is to separate the tester from the testee (a person and a machine), and ask the testee random questions through some devices (such as a keyboard). After multiple tests, if more than 30% of the testers cannot determine whether the subject is a human or a machine, then the machine has passed the test and is considered to have artificial intelligence.
In mid-April this year, AI 21 Lab launched a fun social Turing game - "human or robot?"
So far, there have been more than 1.5 million participants around the world, more than 10 million conversations have been conducted in this game, and they have also posted their experiences and strategies on Reddit and Twitter.
After 2 minutes of communication, the game requires participants to guess whether the person chatting is a human or an AI.
Some of the games are live-action versions, while others are naturally based on AI intelligent robots that are currently the leading large language models, such as Jurassic-2 and GPT-4.
After analyzing the first two million conversations and guesses, the following conclusions can be drawn from the experiment -
When guessing whether the opponent is a human or an AI, 68% of people guessed correctly.
It is easier for humans to identify their fellow human beings. When talking to humans, the participants guessed correctly 73 percent of the time. When talking to the AI, the subjects guessed correctly 60 percent of the time.
French netizens had the highest guessing rate of 71.3% (much higher than the general average of 68%), while Indian netizens had the least correct rate of 63.5%.
The correct rate of guessing was similar for men and women, and the correct rate for women was higher in general. Compared with older subjects, younger subjects guessed more correctly.
The Turing test is a classic and challenging experiment. It can not only test whether a machine is intelligent, but also explore the uniqueness and value of human intelligence. Through this test, we can not only gain insight into the development of artificial intelligence, but also better understand the unlimited potential of human intelligence.