Turing test
Say it: TYOOR-ing test /ˈtjʊərɪŋ tɛst/ · noun
What “Turing test” means
A conversation test of whether a machine seems human.
More precisely: A test of whether a machine can converse so naturally that a person can't tell it isn't human.
Example: “Customer-service chatbots now pass a casual Turing test, until you ask them something strange.”
When to use it
In AI discussion, when considering whether a machine's conversation can be distinguished from a human's.
Similar words
imitation game, AI benchmark
Where it comes from
Proposed by British mathematician Alan Turing in 1950 as 'the imitation game'.
Quick check
A judge chats remotely with a person and a computer, trying to identify which is human. What test is this?
a Turing test or an intelligence test?
Show the answer
a Turing test
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