Comments on: How Human Are You? A New Turing Test Relies on Spatial Relations

By: whit

whit — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:32:54 +0000

Yeah, where can i take the challenge?

By: Pippa

Pippa — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:31:33 +0000

“Where a human would say that the coffee cup in the image above is on the table or on the mat, the software referred to it as “left of the lamp” or “in front of the chair.” Technically, that’s not wrong, but it’s not the kind of response a human would give.”
What about a human with autism? They are still human, but I would bet that their answer would be the technically correct one!

By: K.Jean

K.Jean — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:34:08 +0000

lol I am only 50% human. Must be my false right leg?? and hey let’s first figure out the colour of the mat……I say it is magenta. I see John says purple. My grand daughter says its pink. any others???

By: John Lerch

John Lerch — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:13:06 +0000

I wonder what it means that the cup is in a green hole in the purple area of the table?

By: Kirk

Kirk — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:28:44 +0000

Steven Pinker also does a great job of explaining the conceptual semantics of space and time in “The Stuff of Thought”. Skynet was obviously listening…

By: Jorge Laris

Jorge Laris — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:05:05 +0000

Hi, im interested in taking the chalange. Where can I?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:41:07 +0000

Thanks for this – very interesting how Turing’s work continues to spawn new areas of study. As a big Turing fan, I’m eager to see the upcoming documentary about his life and work: http://www.turingfilm.com/

Thanks again for sharing New Scientist’s interactive version.