Turing test

See also: Turing-Test

English

Etymology

Named after English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer Alan Turing (1912–1954). Turing himself used the term imitation game.

Noun

Turing test (plural Turing tests)

1. (artificial intelligence) A test of a computer's ability to demonstrate intelligence, as measured by whether a human judge can reliably distinguish the computer from another human being by conversing with both entities in written natural language over a terminal.
   • 2023 January 20, Cade Metz, “The Chatbots Can’t Outsmart You. Yet.”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The Turing test used to be the gold standard for proving machine intelligence. This generation of bots is racing past it. We need to stay calm — and develop a new test.

Derived terms

• reverse Turing test
• CAPTCHA

Translations

test of a computer's ability to demonstrate intelligence

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圖靈測試／图灵测试 (zh) (túlíng cèshì)

• German: Turing-Test m
• Icelandic: próf Turings n
• Malay: ujian Turing
• Portuguese: teste de Turing m
• Swedish: Turingtest

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