Comments on: AOL and ARG is the new Turing Tool http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/18/aol-and-arg-is-the-new-turing-tool/ a blog and podcast dedicated to discussing text arts forms Wed, 16 May 2012 23:27:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Writer Response Theory 2004-2005 wrt@writerresponsetheory.org (Writer Response Theory) wrt@writerresponsetheory.org Talk Radio Comment-cast: AOL and ARG is the new Turing Tool Comment-cast: AOL and ARG is the new Turing Tool Writer Response Theory Writer Response Theory wrt@writerresponsetheory.org http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/iTWRT.JPG WRT: Writer Response Theory http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress 144 144 by: WRT: Writer Response Theory » Blog Archive » Chatbot Idol–Contesting Innovation http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/18/aol-and-arg-is-the-new-turing-tool/#comment-6343 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 07:24:58 +0000 http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/18/aol-and-arg-is-the-new-turing-tool/#comment-6343 [...] Winners of previous months contests include: Mathetes (5/05) (mentioned here), Joan (6/05), and Gherkins (9/05). The April contest also features ALICE (discussed 1, 2, 3, 4) and my own Joe from Barthes’ Bachelorette.  Although the contest differentiates between custom (from scratch) and template bots (”programmed by commercial bot company but trained by the user”), all 10 currently are competing in the same category. [...] […] Winners of previous months contests include: Mathetes (5/05) (mentioned here), Joan (6/05), and Gherkins (9/05). The April contest also features ALICE (discussed 1, 2, 3, 4) and my own Joe from Barthes’ Bachelorette.  Although the contest differentiates between custom (from scratch) and template bots (”programmed by commercial bot company but trained by the user”), all 10 currently are competing in the same category. […]

]]> WRT: Writer Response Theory » Blog Archive » Chatbot Idol–Contesting Innovation [...] Winners of previous months contests include: Mathetes (5/05) (mentioned here), Joan (6/05), and Gherkins (9/05). The April contest also ... [...] Winners of previous months contests include: Mathetes (5/05) (mentioned here), Joan (6/05), and Gherkins (9/05). The April contest also ... by: Blog http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/18/aol-and-arg-is-the-new-turing-tool/#comment-129 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/18/aol-and-arg-is-the-new-turing-tool/#comment-129 <strong>The Turing Original Imitation Game</strong><br /><br /> Il primo personaggio del quale vi abbiamo parlato ? stato Turing, da qui siamo passati a spiegarvi il suo Test.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Il 16 Aprile 2005 al Simon's Rock College, Cameo Wood, Melissa Leventhal and Allyson... The Turing Original Imitation Game

Il primo personaggio del quale vi abbiamo parlato ? stato Turing, da qui siamo passati a spiegarvi il suo Test.

Il 16 Aprile 2005 al Simon’s Rock College, Cameo Wood, Melissa Leventhal and Allyson…

]]> Blog The Turing Original Imitation Game Il primo personaggio del quale vi abbiamo parlato ? stato Turing, da qui siamo passati a ... The Turing Original Imitation Game Il primo personaggio del quale vi abbiamo parlato ? stato Turing, da qui siamo passati a ... by: Mark Marino http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/18/aol-and-arg-is-the-new-turing-tool/#comment-128 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/18/aol-and-arg-is-the-new-turing-tool/#comment-128 Another question this raises is what exactly are the conditions of the Turing Test? Do you interpret the test (on computers and humans) as letting the interrogator know that one of the two is a computer or one of them is a woman. <br /> <br /> This relates to chatbots because chatbots only seem to pass when they are presented without any signs that they might be computers. I believe Jeremy has an example of this he can add. <br /> <br /> I would argue that chatbots themselves then become something entirely different. In other words, when the user knows that they are unquestionably encountering a computer, they behave differently, particularly along the lines we discuss <a href="http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/16/perverting-the-bot-speak-no-evil/">elsewhere.</a> Another question this raises is what exactly are the conditions of the Turing Test? Do you interpret the test (on computers and humans) as letting the interrogator know that one of the two is a computer or one of them is a woman.

This relates to chatbots because chatbots only seem to pass when they are presented without any signs that they might be computers. I believe Jeremy has an example of this he can add.

I would argue that chatbots themselves then become something entirely different. In other words, when the user knows that they are unquestionably encountering a computer, they behave differently, particularly along the lines we discuss elsewhere.

]]> Mark Marino Another question this raises is what exactly are the conditions of the Turing Test? Do you interpret the test ... Another question this raises is what exactly are the conditions of the Turing Test? Do you interpret the test ... by: Mark Marino http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/18/aol-and-arg-is-the-new-turing-tool/#comment-127 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/04/18/aol-and-arg-is-the-new-turing-tool/#comment-127 This would be an appropriate time to plug <a href="http://www.bunkmag.com/dandg/dating">Barthes' Bachelorette</a>. These chatbots reverse the gender imitation game, by measuring, among other things, the user's performance of gender. Regardless of whether the user claims to be a man or a woman, the bots build their own impression of the user's gender, much as we all do during online text-based communication. <br /> <br /> This may also be an appropriate time to discuss <a href="http://writerresponsetheory.org/wordpress/2005/03/28/turing-tested/">Saul Traiger</a> and other author's assertions that in the Turing Test, the computer takes the position of the man and so must imitate the gender of a woman. This would be an appropriate time to plug Barthes’ Bachelorette. These chatbots reverse the gender imitation game, by measuring, among other things, the user’s performance of gender. Regardless of whether the user claims to be a man or a woman, the bots build their own impression of the user’s gender, much as we all do during online text-based communication.

This may also be an appropriate time to discuss Saul Traiger and other author’s assertions that in the Turing Test, the computer takes the position of the man and so must imitate the gender of a woman.

]]> Mark Marino This would be an appropriate time to plug Barthes' Bachelorette. These chatbots reverse the gender imitation game, by measuring, ... This would be an appropriate time to plug Barthes' Bachelorette. These chatbots reverse the gender imitation game, by measuring, ...