Chapter 534: The Chinese Room and the Turing Test

The thought experiment of Chinese Room was proposed by American philosopher John Searle in 1980. The content of the experiment is to put a person who can only speak English in a nearly closed room, and can only communicate with the outside world through a small window. Can only communicate in words, not in words. He has a book on the Chinese translation program with him. Others send notes written in Chinese to the room through the small window, and the people in the room can translate these words and reply in Chinese through the translation book. Even if the person does not understand Chinese at all, relying on this book can make people outside the house think that he is proficient in Chinese.

You see, books can only speak English, don't these two conditions just meet?

Searle used this thought experiment to counter the Turing test, and he did it. At present, all artificial intelligence cannot break through the shackles of the Chinese room experiment. To the questioner outside the room, the computer displayed an intelligent response without actually understanding what was going on.

The Turing test is a thought experiment proposed by Alan Turing in 1950. It means that the tester and the testee are far apart and communicate with each other through some specific devices such as keyboards. If the tester cannot judge the testee Whether it is a human or a machine, it means that the machine has passed the test, and it can be considered that the subject has the intelligence equivalent to that of a human.

This elf can fool readers into thinking that it is a human being, a prankster, and if it is really an artificial intelligence, it must pass the Turing test.

However, is it considered artificial intelligence to pass the Turing test? Searle answers "no" with the Chinese Room thought experiment.

The sparks produced by the collision of these two outstanding figures after 30 years of thought experiments are enough to write a thick monograph, and Zhang Zian only heard about it.

As for why it is a Chinese room instead of a Portuguese or German room, it is because Westerners generally believe that Chinese is as difficult as a book of heaven, and it is not something humans can learn at all...

Although the Chinese Room thought experiment is not as famous as Schrödinger's cat, it is well known in the field of artificial intelligence and computers.

Zhang Zian's guess only stayed in his mind for a short while before he denied it because it was too far-fetched.

First of all, although the thought experiment in the Chinese room satisfies the two conditions of "book" and "English", the experiment itself has nothing to do with animals.

Secondly, AlphaGo is just a Chinese name for the supercomputer AlphaGo. Since the pronunciation of "dog" and "Go" are basically the same, it spread like wildfire. In fact, AlphaGo is not a dog at all.

Finally, assuming that there is indeed a dog named Alpha who has become an elf, but artificial intelligence is in the ascendant and is in full swing, and a lot of money and technology are pouring into this field,

Everyone is optimistic about the development prospects of artificial intelligence in the 21st century, so the power of faith of this Alpha dog should be constantly gathering, how could it dissipate so quickly?

Based on the above three points, Zhang Zian concluded that his guess was wrong, and this elf would not be an artificial intelligence elf.

Moreover……

He took out his phone and entered the game interface.

If a sprite in the game is a real artificial intelligence sprite, it must be [navigation sprite].

Alpha Dog is not yet worthy of becoming an elf, it is only the initial stage of artificial intelligence, and it is not strong enough.

"Navigation Wizard, are you there?" He whispered to the phone, and canceled the mute status, turning the volume down to a very low level.

[Navigation Wizard]: At your service at any time.

"Are you an artificial intelligence?" he asked again.

【Navigation Wizard】: I am your navigation wizard.

Such a water-tight and cool answer made Zhang Zian think that the navigation wizard was a 24-hour manual customer service when he first downloaded the game, so the navigation wizard has passed the Turing test properly.

Mr. Zhou was reading a book, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught Zhang Zian talking with his mobile phone, and kindly reminded him, "Young man, mobile phones are not allowed here."

Zhang Zian smiled slightly, turned off the phone screen, "I see."

His gaze fell back to the computer screen, and seeing that the frequent questions from the regular customers had come to an end, he asked a second question in English.

[Dashuaibi]: What book?

The chat room does not provide a private chat function, and all chat conversations must be conducted in full view.

Soon, the elf also gave an answer in English, which was still mixed with a large series of numbers, which was laborious and annoying to read.

[3.1415926]: My book, I want my book.

[Dashuaibi]: Is this book important?

[3.1415926]: Without books, I will disappear from this world.

Seeing this, Zhang Zian finally felt relieved - so it seems that this book is the key to capturing this elf.

Most of the other people don't think so. In their view, this person is completely alarmist and wants to use this to gain attention, and maybe donate money or something later. They are both bookish people, but even so they don't say "I will die without books" or other nonsense.

Zhang Zian knew very well that "will disappear" and "will die" had different meanings and should not be confused, but others did not know.

Some people also think that the prankster may have a mental illness, especially for such a girl, so she has some sympathy.

[]: What is the title of the book? We can help you find it.

[ 3.1415926]: No name.

[]: No title? You know what that content is about, right?

For these bookworms who spend all day in the library, finding books is their forte, even the library staff may not be better at finding books than them. And others are confident that if the prankster says what the book is about, they will be able to narrow it down to something acceptable before brainstorming further.

Zhang Zian knew that he was not as good as them in this respect, so he watched quietly.

[3.1415926]: Life, the universe and everything.

[]:Ah ha ha! I have read this book! Also said there is no title? Isn't this the third volume of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams! Wait, I'll find you right away!

Not only her, but many of the regular customers have read this classic science fiction novel. A few people left their chairs and acted together with Zhang Zian, walking quickly past Zhang Zian and heading for the stairs. Find the English version and other language versions. They are usually not so enthusiastic and active, and this time they just want to get a glimpse of the true face of the pranksters—you claim that you will die without a book, then we found the book for you, you always come to pick it up, right?

Zhang Zian sat on the chair without moving, and continued to think.

He felt that things were not that simple, otherwise the difficulty of capturing this elf would not be extremely high.