Taking the fifth amendment in Turing's imitation game. Issue 2 (4th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Warwick, Kevin; Shah, Huma
• Is Part Of: Journal of experimental & theoretical artificial intelligence. Volume 29:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 287
• Page End: 297
• Publication Date: 2017-03-04
• Subjects: Deception detection -- natural language -- Turing's imitation game -- chatbots -- machine misidentification; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; 006.3
• DOI: 10.1080/0952813X.2015.1132273
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0952-813X

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, we look at a specific issue with practical Turing tests, namely the right of the machine to remain silent during interrogation. In particular, we consider the possibility of a machine passing the Turing test simply by not saying anything. We include a number of transcripts from practical Turing tests in which silence has actually occurred on the part of a hidden entity. Each of the transcripts considered here resulted in a judge being unable to make the 'right identification', i.e., they could not say for certain which hidden entity was the machine.