(2018-10-07) A One-word Turing Test Suggests "Poop" Is What Sets Us Apart From The Machines

A one-word Turing Test suggests "poop" is what sets us apart from the machines. The Minimal Turing Test asks for just one word, either chosen completely freely or picked from a pair of words.

The researchers responsible, John McCoy and Tomer Ullman, clarify that the Minimal Turing Test isn’t a benchmark for AI progress, but a way of probing how humans see themselves in relation to machines.

Answers from the one-word test show the most popular single answer was “love.”

In the second test, 2,405 participants had to choose between pairs of words.

the winning word was simpler and distinctly biological: “poop.”

...stressed that the test was more about social psychology than computer science.