Turing Test

The Turing Test seems like a great idea for computers, but not as good for humans. Being able to a fool a human into thinking that a computer is a real person is a huge advance in technology. I think it's safe to say that, that is an intelligent computer. One of the main concepts for commuters is to make them more humanlike, so that they can take over menial functions for us. If that is were technology is headed, then the Turing Test is perfect. This is the best way to test these new computers and find out if their doing a good job. If they can outsmart a human, then I believe they really are intelligent.

I'm not sure that this would be a good way to measure a human’s intelligence. With the way these programs are formatted, they are geared to make you believe that they are human, so why should we be considered less intelligent for believing this. It doesn't mean that we are less intelligent; it means that somewhere out there, there is an extremely intelligent person who has wrote this program. The computer has merely done its job. A computer doing its job is not an accurate way to measure human intelligence.