Ha! Machine Brain.

       In class we discussed on many different situations about the outcomes and the future possibilities of the modern-day test formally known as "The Turing Test." In Brian Christian's book, The Most Human Human, we know that he participates in this test known as the Turing Test. To define what the Turing test is, let us first examine where it gets its ideas from. To begin with, the Turing Test gets its name from a famous British mathematician known by the name of Alan Turing. Alan Turing is one of the great founders of the subject of computer science. In the year of 1950, Alan Turning tried to ansewer the question on whether or not machines could or could not think for their selves. In other words, would these machines be so complex that they would be actually capable of having a mind, or rather brain of their own?

        According to the text, the turing test is an annual event where judges, machines, and humans (confederates) are basically having a conversation. The machines and confederates are competing against each other to try to display which one is the actual human (or pretends to be human). It is the duty of the judge to construct a series of questions for both the machine and the confederates. There are no restrictions on what questions that could be asked. At the end of the series of the questions, the judge must be able to identify which one is the confederate and which one is the machine. It is the duty of the machine to be capable of having a mind and proving that it can think for itself. On the other hand it is the duty of the confederate to prove that they are the "most human human." In an overall view, the Turing test is basically just "an imitation game."

       In the year of 2000 it was predicted that the machines would be able to manipulate at least 30 percent of the judges after only five minutes of communicating, but however that prediction has not yet come true. However in some cases, especially in the year of 2008, these predictions have come up very close. When this prediction has finally come true and machines are capable of thinking for themselves, then we as human being would have achieved artificial intelligence. As time progresses we are actually becoming very close to achieving that goal and robots are becoming more and more like us each and every single day that we live.