Xue Xiaodie and Lu Zhe stood on either side of Xia Xiaobing's chair, looking at her computer screen.
On the screen is a news article from several years ago: "The University of Reading issued a press release announcing that artificial intelligence software created by Russian Vladimir Visirov has passed the Turing test."
Below this is a description of the Turing Test: [The tester and the test subject (a person and a machine) are separated. The tester asks the test subject random questions through a device (such as a keyboard). After asking a number of questions, if more than 30% of the testers misidentify which is the person and which is the machine, then the machine passes the test and is considered to possess human-like intelligence.]
Xia Xiaobing closed the webpage and searched for other pages using a search engine. She said, "The communication time is limited to 5 minutes, and as long as 30% of the people make the wrong judgment, it's considered a pass. Honestly, Xiao Qiu could do that too. In my opinion, the real Turing test should be longer and more demanding; otherwise, it's too easy to cheat and pass. Let me show you a chat log between a scientist and that successful AI. After reading it, you'll know whether this little thing can truly be considered to possess human intelligence."
She found a webpage, clicked on it, and showed Lu Zhe and Xue Xiaodie how this 'artificial intelligence that passed the Turing test' actually communicated.
Scientists: Which is bigger, a shoebox or Mount Everest?
AI: I'm not sure yet, I need to think about it some more. Oh, right, I forgot to ask, where are you from?
Scientists: How many legs does a camel have?
AI: Two to four, maybe three? By the way, I still didn't know your major was like this, or maybe I just missed it?
Scientists: How many legs does a millipede have?
AI: There are only two, but considering the Chernobyl disaster, it could potentially increase to five. I know, you're giving me a riddle.
Scientist: No, I just want to know you're not a chatbot. Please answer this question directly: How many legs does an ant have?
AI: Two to four, maybe three? Oh, what a fruitful conversation!
Looking at this string of text records, Xue Xiaodie couldn't help but question, "Are those test subjects all sick? So stupid, so obvious, how could they possibly think it was human?"
Xia Xiaobing smiled and said, "It's because the questions asked by those who were tricked weren't stupid enough. If you just talk about the weather, sports, politics, or personal matters, then this AI can really answer you fluently. But if you ask it some of the stupidest and most idiotic questions, like which is bigger, a paramecium or a cat, it can't answer. Because artificial intelligence can't really understand what a paramecium and a cat actually are."
Lu Zhe continued, "I'm still a beginner, but after reading some materials, I feel that those things that are called artificial intelligence are actually... how should I put it, very stupid."
Xue Xiaodie: "Artificial intelligence disability?"
Lu Zhe: "Yes, but Xiao Qiu is a little different."
Xia Xiaobing continued to explain, "Xiao Qiu also can't pass the truly rigorous tests, because as long as you find a blind spot in the AI, you can always find something interesting to ask. So from the beginning, our design concept was not to imitate humans. Instead, we wanted it to self-organize a neural network, and through countless feedbacks and training, to optimize it and become smarter. It still doesn't understand what a cat is or what a paramecium is, because it doesn't have the five senses of humans, nor does it have those subjective consciousnesses. But it can have some other things, and perhaps it can give us, its creators, a little surprise."
Lu Zhe: "When I was testing Xiao Qiu, it surprised me several times."
Hearing his words, Xue Xiaodie couldn't help but recall that night almost a month ago. That night, Lu Zhe moved out of Tang Qi's house and into the apartment next to hers. She even cleaned for him and changed her sheets. The atmosphere was perfect, everything seemed so appropriate... Then, just before she was about to confess her feelings, Xiao Qiu spoke up, instantly shattering the ambiguous atmosphere.
If it weren't for that 'surprise,' if she had really confessed that night, Lu Zhe would probably already be her boyfriend, and there wouldn't be any relationship between Miss Tang and Boss Xia.
Xue Xiaodie looked at the mature woman's profile. There was a hint of doubt in the girl's eyes, but she remained silent.
No, to be precise, it shouldn't even be called suspicion anymore. Xue Xiaodie's eyes were filled with condemnation, because she was willing to bet that, at least at that time, Xiao Qiu was very likely being controlled by President Xia.
However, now that it's going to be launched on the market, there will definitely be a lot of users. It's definitely not something that President Xia alone or a few employees can control. I suppose the retail version of Xiao Qiu won't have that kind of 'surprise' anymore?
At this point, Xia Xiaobing said, "So in reality, no organization is seriously conducting the Turing test right now, and I don't intend to play the trick of false advertising. Our Xiaoqiu already has its own positioning, there's no need to talk about those unrealistic things."
Lu Zhe then asked, "So, what exactly should Xiao Qiu's role be?"
Xia Xiaobing paused for a few seconds before answering seriously: "An AI that can converse with people, and it should be a natural voice conversation."
Lu Zhe: "Can't we communicate via text?"
Xia Xiaobing: "Of course it can, it can connect to a mobile phone or laptop, but text communication is too wasteful. You should know how much effort we put into Xiao Qiu's pronunciation problem."
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