Pet King

Chapter 536 Chinese House and Turing Test

The Chinese house experiment was initiated by the American philosopher John Searle in 1980. The experiment was to let a person who can only speak English be in an approximately closed room, and only communicate through a small window. You can only use words to communicate, not words. He has a book of Chinese translation programs around him. Others sent a note written in Chinese to the house through a small window. The person in the room could translate the text and reply in Chinese. Even if this person does not understand Chinese at all, relying on this book can also make people outside the house think he is proficient in Chinese.

You see, books, only speak English, are these two conditions not just satisfied?

Searle used this thought test to counter the Turing test, and he did it. At present, all the artificial intelligence can’t break through the flaws of the Chinese house experiment. For the questioner outside the room, the computer showed an intelligent response, but in fact did not understand what happened.

The Turing test is a thought test by Alan Turing in 1950. It means that the tester is far from the testee and communicates with each other through specific devices such as a keyboard. If the tester cannot judge the testee. Whether it is a human or a machine, it means that this machine has passed the test, and it can be considered that the testee has the intelligence equivalent to human beings.

This elf can make readers think that it is a person, a person who likes mischief. If it is really a personal intelligence, it must be passed the Turing test.

However, is it artificial intelligence through the Turing test? Searle answered “no” with the thought test of the Chinese house.

The sparks of the two Knuckle characters separated by 30’s thought test were enough to write a thick monograph, and Zhang Zi An was only slightly heard.

As for why it is a Chinese house instead of a Portuguese or a German house, it is because Westerners generally think that Chinese is difficult to be a book of heaven. It is not something humans can learn…

Although the Chinese house thought test is not as famous as Schrödinger’s cat, there is no one in the field of artificial intelligence and computer.

Zhang Zi An’s guess was only a little while in his mind, and he was denied by himself because it was too far-fetched.

First of all, although the thought experiment of the Chinese house satisfies the two conditions of “book” and “English”, the test itself has nothing to do with animals.

Secondly, the Alpha dog is just a nickname for the Chinese supercomputer AlphaGo. Since the pronunciation of “dog” and “Go” is basically the same, it is not awkward. In fact, AlphaGo is not a dog at all.

Finally, suppose that a dog named Alpha is indeed an elf, but artificial intelligence is in the ascendant, and it is in a period of intense rise. A lot of money and technology are pouring into this field. Everyone is optimistic about the development prospects of artificial intelligence in the 21 century. Therefore, the power of this Alpha dog’s faith should be constantly condensed, how can it dissipate quickly?

Combining the above three points, Zhang Zi An concludes that his guess is wrong. This elf will not be an artificial intelligence sprite.

Moreover……

He took out his phone and entered the game interface.

If a certain elf in the game is a real artificial intelligence elf, it must be [Navigation Wizard].

The Alpha dog is not worthy of being an elf, it is just the primary stage of artificial intelligence, and it is not enough.

“Who is the navigation wizard?” He whispered to the phone and canceled the mute state, making the sound very small.

[Navigation Wizard]: At any time for your service.

“Are you a personal intelligence?” he asked again.

[Navigation Wizard]: I am your navigation wizard.

Such a dripping and full of cold and cold style of answer, so that Zhang Zi An just thought that the navigation wizard is 24 hour manual customer service when downloading the game, so the navigation wizard is properly passed the Turing test.

Mr. Zhou Lao is reading a book, and Yu Guang’s eyes are talking to Zhang Zi An, talking with his mobile phone, and kindly reminding: “Young man, I don’t want to use a mobile phone here.”

Zhang Zi An smiled and turned off the phone screen. “I know.”

His gaze fell back to the computer screen, and when the regular questions of the regular guests came to an end, they raised the second question in English.

[大帅 ratio]: What book?

The chat room does not provide private chat, and all chat conversations are in full view.

Soon, the elf also responded in English, still mixed with a large number of numbers, and it was both hard and spicy to read.

[3.1415926]: My book, I want my book.

[大帅 ratio]: Is this book very heavy?

[3.1415926]: Without a book, I will disappear from this world.

Seeing this, Zhang Zi An finally has a clear heart – it turns out that this book is the key to capturing this elf.

Most other people don’t think so. In their opinion, this person is completely alarmist. I want to take care of it and maybe I will donate something later. They are all people who are addicted to books, but even so, they will not say anything like “I will die without a book.”

Zhang Zi An knows very well that the meaning of “can disappear” and “will die” is not the same, can not be confused, but others do not know.

Others feel that this prankster may be suffering from mental illness, especially for girls like Coco, which has produced some sympathy.

[Coco]: What is the title of the book? We can help you find it.

[3.1415926]: No name.

[Coco]: No title? Do you know what the content is?

For the bookworms who are in the library all day, finding books is their masterpiece, even if the library staff is not necessarily better at finding books than they are. Coco and others are confident that as long as the pranksters say the content of the book, they can narrow the scope to an acceptable level and then further brainstorm.

In this regard, Zhang Zi An knows that they are not as good as them, so they sit quietly.

[3.1415926]: Life, the universe, and everything.

[Coco]: Ah, haha! I have seen this book! Also said that there is no title? This is not the third part of the “Galaxy Roaming Guide” written by Douglas Adams! Wait, I will find you right away!

Not only her, but many regulars have seen this classic science fiction novel. Several people left the chair and acted with Coco. They quickly passed by Zhang Zi An and walked up the stairs. Someone went to the second floor to find the Chinese version. Go to the third floor to find the English and other language versions. They are not so enthusiastic and action-oriented. This time they just want to take a glimpse of the true face of the mischief – you claim that if you don’t have a book, you will die. Then we have found a book for you. Are you always coming to pick up the book?

Zhang Zi An did not move in the chair and continued to think.

He feels that things are not that simple, otherwise the difficulty of capturing this elf will not be extremely high.

(End of this chapter)