As the bandwidth between tester and testee decreases the probability of passing 
increases.

Example: take the test using telegraphese.

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Archbold via AGI [mailto:[email protected]]
> 
> The phone sales Turing test passed?
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/21/14, Jim Bromer via AGI <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I've received two sales calls where I could not tell if I was talking
> > to a computer or a person with an overly slick voice.  I asked "the
> > guy" today a couple of simple questions and "he" was able to answer
> > them after a couple of seconds. "His" voice kept coming back with the
> > same upbeat professional quality. The "guy" yesterday also sounded
> > like "he" was one of the top professional voices in the country.
> > Better than most voices on the television advertising. It was very
> > spooky because I kept getting the idea that AI is now so far advanced
> > that our efforts are moot no matter what we do. Maybe a particular
> > telemarketer has found a niche where he only hires really top voices
> > and they did not realize that I was only talking to them because I
> > could not tell if they were computers or not. Next time I am going to
> > jump into some questions other than, "what did you say your name was?"
> >  I am going to ask about the product. Thinking now I have to come to
> > the conclusion that they were people, but it really makes me think
> > about what I am doing. Maybe I should stick to finding new ways to
> > automate the annotation of text.
> > Jim Bromer
> >
> >




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