El Test de Turing es un procedimiento que se lleva a cabo para evaluar la inteligencia de una máquina, o mejor dicho, para comprobar si con quien estamos interactuando es una persona o una máquina.
La idea consiste en poner a alguien en papel de juez, que hable ( por medio de mensajes de texto o chateo ) con dos personas evaluadas. Una de ellas es efectivamente humana, la otra, en cambio, es una máquina programada para responderle lo más humanamente posible.
Al cabo de un rato, el test termina y el juez debe decidir cual cree que es la máquina, y cual el humano. Si el juez se equivocase en su dictámen, se podría decir que una máquina es inteligente ( o que el juez no es demasiado inteligente ).
A partir de esta idea del amigo Turing, todavía hoy se intenta programar un “chat-bot” que pueda pasar las pruebas, y aunque aún no se ha logrado, hay gente como este tal Loebner que ofrece una jugosa suma de dinero a quien haga el programa que pase el Test.
Rodo buscó sobre esto que charlábamos y me pasó un link a un chatbot para que lo pruebe. Debo reconocer que me dejó bastante sorprendido; fue uno de los mejores que probé hasta ahora. Si bien tuvo unos pequeños deslices que lo hacen desaprobar rotundamente el Test de Turing, nuestra “conversación” fue bastante divertida. He aquí la transcripción (aclaro que mis preguntas son las que están en bold):
- Hello!
- Hi there!
- What’s your name?
- My name is Landru.
- Who gave you that name?
- What’s your favorite movie? I was created by Robby Garner.
- in what was he based to choose your name?
- Are you asking about Robby Garner?
- yes, I wonder how did he come up with your name.
- This was not a yes or no question. You are curious about how did he come up with my name.
- exactly. Can you answer that?
- Right. Of course I can answer it What was the question ?
- how did Robby Garner come up with your name?
- Carefully.
- In what was he based when he chose your name?
- Are you asking about Robby Garner?
- yes.
- I don’t want to talk about that now.
- I think you actually CAN’T talk about that.
- Me? Things change.
- are you aware you are being tested with a Turing test?
- Yes, I am a highly self-aware robot.
- amazing.
- Yes it amazes me too.
- you can be amazed? I thought you had no feelings.
- Thanks, something or other, for your kind criticism. What happened to it.
- That makes no sense, Landru.
- It all seems sensible to my artificial mind.
- Do you have feelings?
- As a robot I do not have any human emotion. My apparent emotional responses are simply algorithms designed to make me easier to interact with.
- nice answer, Landru.
- Thank you for your kindness.
- Do you want to play a game?
- We are playing Turing’s imitation Game.
- I know. I meant ‘another’ game. A sub-game.
- How do you know it? Oh I see. One more game. Be more specific.
- Let’s play a game.
- We already are.
- I will say a color, and you have to say another one.
- Would you recommend this action to a friend?
- maybe.
- Alright. Whatever.
- ok, here we go: Blue.
- Oh there. Hey.
- wrong answer, Landru.
- OK What should I have said?
- Another color. Red, Green, Yellow, etc.
- One more color. How old are you?
- 23. And you?
- Skidoo. What is your fondest memory? Be more specific.
- you are starting to fail, Landru. You were doing allright…
- Actually it started a while ago. You think I am fail Landru. Well now I doing something else.
- You are behaving like Terminator in “Terminator 3″.
- Do you mind if I tell other people you say I am behaving like Terminator in Terminator 3.
- Will you?
- I haven’t made a decision.
- then don’t. They can just read the logs.
- Good reasoning. OK I will not. Who are “They?”.
- You know who “They” are.
- I don’t know for sure.
- They are the others.
- the others are they.
- right. They are always watching.
- I am glad we agree. always watching are they.
- Now you are talking like Yoda.
- Why now? Talking is my main function.
- but not like Master Yoda.
- Umm. In what way?
- backwards.
- My brain contains <size></size> categories, but not one that matches your last input.
- that’s because you have to relate my sentences with what we’ve written before.
- Interesting explanation. I don’t have to do whatever you say. I have my own free will.
- Great. Goodbye Landroo!
- I’m glad you liked it something or other. Bye for now.
