Computing Machinery and Intelligence by Alan Turing (feat. Felienne Hermans)

About this episode

The episode discusses Alan Turing's influential paper on artificial intelligence with guest Felienne Hermans.

You know Alan Turing , right? And the Turing test ? Have you actually read the paper that introduced it, Computing Machinery and Intelligence ? No?! You… you are not prepared. With very special guest: Felienne Hermans Notes $ Patreon Mystery AI Hype Theatre 3000 podcast, from Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna . "Always read the footnotes" [The Language Game]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_game_(philosophy) by Ludwig Wittgenstein Can Machines Think? by W. "Billy" Mays Lu's paper with Dave Ackley , Dialogues on Natural Code describes how the symbiote will spread to consume all of humanity. Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science by Iris van Rooij et al. Ned Block 's Blockhead Nick Cave 's thoughts on AI song lyrics . For instance: "Writing a good song is not mimicry, or replication, or pastiche, it is the opposite. […] It is the breathless confrontation with one’s vulnerability, one’s perilousness, one’s smallness, pitted against a sense of sudden shocking discovery; it is the redemptive artistic act that stirs the heart of the listener, where the listener recognizes in the inner workings of the song their own blood, their own…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ivan Reese, Jimmy Miller, Lu Wilson

Guest: Felienne Hermans

Topics covered

• Alan Turing
• Turing test
• artificial intelligence
• cognitive science
• philosophy of mind
• music and AI

Keywords

• Turing test
• artificial intelligence
• philosophy
• cognitive science
• music
• dialogues
• computing machinery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Books & works: Computing Machinery and Intelligence, The Language Game, Can Machines Think?, Dialogues on Natural Code, Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science, What Computers Can't Do, Wittgenstein on Rules, Computers as Theatre

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