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    > So while passing the Turing Test may not be enough, not passing
    > the Turing Test is a sign that the computer is unintelligent.
You could have an intelligence that's just not smart in the human sense. Consider running into an alien intelligence evolved from our equivalent of octopuses, you ask it a questions but it only communicates via color changes on its body.

Similarly you can conceive of an AI that's smart, self-aware and intelligent just hasn't been developed to talk to humans.

The Turing test is a fine test to figure out if your AI is conversational with humans, but the OP I was replying to was suggesting it as a general AI intelligence test, it's not meant for that, and will give you both false positives & negatives.




Oh, the Turing test was suggested as a sufficient test, not as a necessary condition.




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