I agree. The point is that the Turing tests grades the machines capability to mimic, pretend. It's an impressive feat, but that's not what we're looking for.
We are trying to get better ways of gathering new informations, handling unforeseen circumstances, and that's what we're getting in the Hollywood block-busters. Not chat-bots as walexander mentioned.
On the other hand they said:
"The first is the ready availability of vast amounts of raw data — from video feeds to complete sound environments, and from casual conversations to technical documents on every conceivable subject. The second is the advent of sophisticated techniques for collecting, organizing, and processing this rich collection of data."
While first is true, the second is as generic as it gets.
This is a nice overview of the current (comercial) advances, but the title is hyped.
We are trying to get better ways of gathering new informations, handling unforeseen circumstances, and that's what we're getting in the Hollywood block-busters. Not chat-bots as walexander mentioned.
On the other hand they said:
"The first is the ready availability of vast amounts of raw data — from video feeds to complete sound environments, and from casual conversations to technical documents on every conceivable subject. The second is the advent of sophisticated techniques for collecting, organizing, and processing this rich collection of data."
While first is true, the second is as generic as it gets.
This is a nice overview of the current (comercial) advances, but the title is hyped.