Alan Turing wins an Oscar

Well... the movie The Imitation Game won an Oscar yesterday for best adapted screen play by Graham Moore. If you havent seen the movie I strongly recommend it to you, its excellent Graham Moore gave a moving acceptance speech that I think Alan Turing would have appreciated.


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Turing Test hasnt been passed

Sorry to confuse you, since my previous blog post claimed the Turing Test had been passed. On closer inspection scientists are now not so sure that the chat bot "Eugene Goostman", a computer programme developed to simulate a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy, actually passed Turings Imitation Game. Lets look at the evidence. First, Eugene only managed to convince 33% of the judges that it was human, therefore the majority of thought it wasnt human. Second, Eugenes developers are clearly gaming the game; by creating a persona who is a child and speaks English as a second language theyre lowering the judges expectations as to its ability to understand questions and give sensible answers. Transcripts of the conversations from the latest Royal Society test are not yet available but heres and excerpt from a transcript from a previous event at Bletchley Park on 23 June 2012, with the same program.
[15:02:56] Judge: I come from Manchester. Did you see the jubilee?
[15:03:02] Eugene: Could you invite me to Manchester? I would be so grateful. 
[15:03:17] Judge: Did you see the jubliee?
[15:03:27] Eugene: Try to guess! Actually, I dont understand why you are interested. I know you are supposed to trick me.
[15:03:35] Judge: Not really
[15:03:40] Eugene: Not really? Why? What are any interesting site-seeings in Manchester?
[15:03:59] Judge: Lots of nice things. Do you like football?
[15:04:04] Eugene: Does anyone hate it? Some another topic?
[15:04:18] Judge: Will you be watching the football on Sunday?

[15:04:23] Eugene: I play sports sometimes. On computer. But I prefer racing.

Lets analyse it. First, Eugene doesnt know what the Jubilee was - perhaps it didnt make the news in Ukraine, thats understandable. But then something odd happens; Manchester and football are mentioned and Eugene tries to change the topic. Im sorry but there isnt a 13 year old boy on the planet who wouldnt then have mention Manchester United! FAIL. You can make up your own mind by talking with Eugene here (hint: try the Manchester and football trick, Eugene falls for it every time, and yes football is a big sport in Ukraine).

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Forget Turing the Lovelace Test Has a Better Shot at Spotting AI

I recently blogged about a chatbot, called Eugene Goostman, that was claimed to have passed Alan Turings famous measure of machine intelligence in June by posing as a Ukrainian teenager with questionable language skills. Motherboard notices that "the world went nuts for about an hour before realizing that the bot, far from having achieved human-level intelligence, was actually pretty dumb." This article proposes the Lovelace test for AI that demands an act of creativity from an AI rather than automated conversational skills - its an interesting idea and would be a good way of honouring Ada Lovelace.

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Alan Turing infographic

Steve Ollington and the Manchester Jurys Inn,  have created an online infographic thats a mini-tutorial on Turings life and work. Steve write, the Jurys Inn: "...recognise his [Alan Turings] importance as key figure in British History and a national treasure, and they liked the thought of providing a memorial that would engage, teach and honour a great figure, especially one who is such a local hero."
   Their infographic succinctly (and attractively) sums up many of the key points of Turings story and is a great point of access for those who are just learning about the man and his place in history. Its reproduced below, and you can visit it on the Jurys Inn site here. [This was brought to my attention by the Turing Centenary blog]

Alan Turing of Manchester, by Jurys Inn Manchester Hotel



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