AI or Human

Can machines think? Can a machine exhibit conversational behavior indistinguishable from a human. It's been predicted that by the year 2000, an average human would have less than a 70% chance of distinguishing an AI from a human in an imitation game where who is responding—a human or an AI—is hidden from the evaluator.

Why haven’t we as an industry been able to achieve that goal, 20 years past that mark? I believe the goal put forth is not a useful one for AI scientists to work toward. With AI now ubiquitously integrated into our phones, cars, and homes, it’s become increasingly obvious that people care much more that their interactions with machines be useful, seamless and transparent—and that the concept of machines being indistinguishable from a human is out of touch. Therefore, it is time to retire the idea that has served as an inspiration for decades, and set a new challenge that inspires researchers and practitioners equally.