ChatGPT vs. Turing's 1950 Examples
These are the four questions in section 2 of Turing's 1950 article as found at https://academic.oup.com/mind/article/LIX/236/433/986238 along with the original answers and ChatGPT's answers. Q :Please write me a sonnet on the subject of the Forth Bridge. A :Count me out on this one. I never could write poetry. ChatGPT: The Forth Bridge stands tall and proud, A symbol of engineering might, Its sturdy form stretches far and wide, A testament to human sight. From its towering heights, the view is grand, The river below a ribbon of blue, The land around a…
ChatGPT vs. Turing's 1950 Examples launched on December 4, 2022 with 16 votes, #1,155 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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This tool compares responses to four questions from Alan Turing's 1950 article on machine intelligence. It presents the original answers given in Turing's paper alongside responses generated by ChatGPT for the same prompts. The comparison reveals how a modern AI system approaches tasks like poetry composition and reasoning that Turing used to explore whether machines could exhibit intelligent behavior. It serves as an interesting historical reference point for evaluating AI capabilities.
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These are the four questions in section 2 of Turing's 1950 article as found at https://academic.oup.com/mind/article/LIX/236/433/986238 along with the original answers and ChatGPT's answers. Q :Please write me a sonnet on the subject of the Forth Bridge. A :Count me out on this…
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