Chapter 49: The First Test of Artificial Intelligence

"Old Gong, when are we going to start testing?" Lin Yu asked in the project team's laboratory.

"Wait for someone, I found a cognitive systems professor to help us."

"Then I'm going to look forward to it." Lin Yu looked at the robot in front of him.

"Old Gong, I'm here." A tall, chubby old man walked in.

"Lao Lin, long time no see."

"Nonsense, I only saw this half a year ago."

"Half a year is also a long time."

The two exchanged pleasantries, "Lao Lin, you see, this is our final result." ”

Academician Gong pointed to a metallic robot.

"What's his name?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, why don't I call No. 1 for the time being!"

"Oh, I almost forgot to introduce it." Academician Gong patted his forehead and turned to introduce Lin Yu and the members of the project team.

"This is Professor Lin Xueping of Peking University, who is a professor of behavior and cognitive systems, and this time he is here to help us test the intelligence of artificial intelligence."

"Hello Professor Lin."

"Eh, hello." Professor Lin beckoned.

"Then let's get started."

"To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about your project." Professor Lam's words were astonishing.

"What's wrong Lao Lin, you don't believe us so much?" Academician Gong's tone was given.

"No, it's not." Professor Lin shook his head, "Since you invited me over last time, I've been wondering, why does artificial intelligence have to move closer to humans? ”

"What do you mean?" Academician Gong frowned.

"We've been working on AI in the direction of [human-like behavior variability] because it can blur the distinction between humans and machines and can help robots look more like humans." Professor Lin gave an example.

"It could provide guidance for future robot design, giving robots human-like behaviors that humans can perceive."

"What if one day humans and robots look exactly like them?"

Professor Lin began to explain to the members of the project team.

"Do you know about the Crisis of the Machine? That's it. He nodded firmly.

"It's not important, Lao Lin, don't look ahead and backward." Academician Gong interrupted him, "The past is history, and the future is a mystery. ”

"Well, maybe you're right." Professor Lin shook his head, "Then let's get started." ”

Lin Yu watched Senior Wang Hansheng open the test software of the computer and connect the robot to the computer.

The key idea of the Turing Test is that complex questions about the possibilities of machine thinking and intelligence can be verified by testing whether humans can tell whether they are interacting with another person or a machine.

And Lin Yu looked at the conversation between Professor Lin and the robot, and felt very interesting.

This is different from ordinary AI chatbots, which use "guided speech" such as:

Real person: "Am I in pain?" ”

Chatbot: "Why does it hurt?" ”

Real person: "Because I accidentally cut my arm." ”

Chatbot: "I feel so sorry for you, I need to go and bandage my wounds." ”

But the Turing test is different, he needs to chat to convince people that he is a real person and not a robot.

This requires a lot of deep learning and network data.

"It's not bad, you can do it to this extent without deep learning." Professor Lin ended the conversation with the robot.

"But you have to know that if you're just deep learning that enhances the chat, then he's still a chatting toolbot, not a real artificial intelligence."

Professor Lin said to Academician Gong seriously, "Even if he passes the Turing test, then he only simulates the human chat function, which can only show that he has the similarity of human thinking, not real intelligence." ”

"I know." Academician Gong didn't care.

"If we do have a quantum computer and we make an artificial brain, it's just a program. It has no body and cannot have an effect on our world. It also can't understand our world, without common sense. Professor Lin continued.

"Does it understand what it means to be thrilled? Does it understand what sweaty is? It may not be able to understand what a living person is, and the world it sees as nothing more than a collection of data. ”

"It only has logic, but human beings still have perceptual cognition, and human beings know how to feel, which is not something that can be obtained by learning."

"I know, Lao Lin." Academician Gong put his hands on Professor Lin's shoulders.

"Okay, okay", Professor Lin looked into Academician Gong's eyes, "I know that I can't beat you, so I'll ask you another question, and also ask the members of the project team." He turned to face the members of the project team.

"What do you think we can do in the era of artificial intelligence?"

"I don't know."

"We are human because we all think: Who am I? Where did it come from? Where to go? What is knowledge? ”

"If you want AI to be truly intelligent, you need to let it break through the program and learn to think."

"It's not over yet, let's do a different test this time." Professor Lin plans to change the test method.

"Here, redesign a program."

"Two graphics are displayed on the screen, one that focuses on changing colors and one that changes shape, and when the shape or color changes, the participant presses the red button, and the robot responds by pressing the button of the other color."

"The robot and the participants of the test are segregated, and the robot side is operated by artificial intelligence and humans alternately, and then the participants are allowed to make judgments."

"Lao Lin, isn't this still a Turing test?" Academician Gong heard it at once.

"Pretty much, it should be a Turing test on behavioral choices."

"Can you get out today?" Professor Lin asked.

"It should work."

Academician Gong quickly arranged the task, and Lin Yu was assigned to a group looking for testers, for a very clear reason, "You don't know computer programming, and you are relatively famous, so it is easy to find people to participate in the test." ”

I'm so famous, I'm really sorry!

Although Lin Yu had a lot of complaints, he still obediently went to the campus to find participants.

But before looking for participants, he went to a print shop and quickly made a poster.

"The artificial intelligence project team led by Academician Gong is looking for test participants!"

He just walked around the campus with a poster.

"Senior, I want to take the test."

"Senior, I'll participate, let's take a group photo first!"

The younger students signed up to participate, and soon fifteen people were recruited.

But the project team's procedures were not yet completed, so he took these younger students to sit in the gazebo.

"Senior, are you really organ failure?"

"yes, yes."

"Senior, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Yes, we're all getting engaged."

"Wow, the senior's girlfriend must be good-looking!"

Lin Yu took out his mobile phone and showed everyone Luo Bing's photo.

"It's so beautiful!"

In the atmosphere of warm exchanges, Lin Yu received a message from Academician Gong.

Finally relieved~ Lin Yu took the younger brothers and sisters to the telecommunications building.