Israeli AI System "Hal" And The Turing Test 447
Conspiracy_Of_Doves writes: "Hal, the AI creation of Dr. Anat Treister-Goren of Israel, has fooled child language language experts into believing that it is a 18-month old child. Dr. Treister-Goren says that Hal will probably attain adult-level language skills in 10 years. CNN.com article is here. Yes, it's named after what you think it's named after, and yes, the article mentions why naming it Hal might not be such a hot idea."
This isn't the first time... (Score:2, Informative)
that the idea of teaching a "child" system has been used for AI research.
Cog anybody? [mit.edu]
Re:Uhh... Turing had a computer?? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:MegaHAL (Score:2, Informative)
Interestingly enough, from Jason Hutchens' website [amristar.com.au]:
So, in fact, the creator of MegaHal is in fact the brains behind this outfit!