Program fools humans
Have you ever been so bored that you started a conversation with a “chatbot (聊天机器人)”? You probably discovered quickly that it wasn't much fun, because the things it says hardly ever make any sense and chatting with it doesn't provide the same kind of back-and-forth as a human conversation.
That might have made you wonder: will a computer ever be able to talk like a human?
That day is certainly getting closer now. A computer program named “Eugene Goostman” has successfully passed the Turing test – by fooling people into thinking it was a 13-year-old boy, reported AFP on June 9.
While you may have never heard of the Turing test, it means a lot in the world of artificial (人工的) intelligence.
According to USA Today, the test was first invented in 1950 by Alan Turing, a British computer expert best known for his code-breaking work during World War II. In his test, a group of human judges take turns having keyboard conversations for five minutes with two subjects – a human and a piece of computer software. If up to 30 percent of the judges fail to tell the two apart, the program is considered to have passed the test.
“If a machine is indistinguishable (无法区分的) from a human, then it could be said to be ‘thinking’,” wrote Turing in his paper Computing, Machinery & Intelligence back in 1950.
No computer had ever passed the Turing test before. But this time, Eugene Goostman, developed by two Russian scientists to simulate (模拟) a 13-year-old boy, managed to convince 33 percent of judges that it was human.
Machines are close to “reaching the milestone of communicating with us in a way that we are comfortable with”, Professor Kevin Warwick of the University of Reading, UK, told The Telegraph. “This brings closer the time in which robots start to play an active role in our daily lives.”
Some people feel a bit disturbed by the news. They worry that computers will outsmart humans in the near future and take over the world. But Warwick said that it is unlikely that this will happen any time soon. After all, computers have only just learned to have a five-minute conversation, while we humans can do so much more than that.
1.What is the main purpose of the article?
A. To inform us about the disadvantages of talking with a “chatbot”.
B. To introduce the background and significance of the Turing Test.
C. To explain how the computer program “Eugene Goostman” works.
D. To report on a recent breakthrough in the world of artificial intelligence.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Turing Test according to the article?
A. Several computer programs have successfully passed the test since it was introduced.
B. A program that is believed to have passed the test must fool at least half of the judges.
C. The Turing Test is used as a way to determine whether machines can think.
D. Machines that have passed the test can communicate with us freely.
3.What is Warwick's attitude toward the invention of Eugene Goostman?
A. He expects it to play a more active role in our daily lives.
B. He is optimistic about humans' control of computers in the coming years.
C. He is concerned that computers might one day get the better of humans.
D. He feels uncomfortable communicating with machines like Eugene Goostman.
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