The Turing Test Legacy: From Chess Champions to ChatGPT

06/02/2025 11 min Episodio 1
The Turing Test Legacy: From Chess Champions to ChatGPT

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Episode Synopsis

This episode traces the evolution of AI consciousness testing from Alan Turing's original imitation game to modern language models. We examine the historic 1997 Deep Blue vs. Kasparov chess match as a pivotal moment in human-AI competition, and analyze how our benchmarks for machine intelligence have evolved. The episode concludes with an exploration of how large language models like GPT are challenging traditional notions of machine consciousness and intelligence testing.