Checksum

The Turing Test is a test for intelligence in a computer, requiring that a human being should be unable to distinguish the machine from another human being by using the replies to questions put to both.

But consider this, what do you call a human being that fails the Turing Test?

The Anti-Turing Test is a test for intelligence in a human being, requiring that another human being should be unable to distinguish the human being from a machine by using the replies to questions put to both.

We’ve all met one or two people that would fail this test, right?

As I’ve said before, being human isn’t just about being intelligent.

You have to add the concepts of sentience and consciousness. But the ‘fails’ would pass these tests too.

What they lack is:

(1) Perception as to how others perceive them, which means they are crap at gathering data, and

(2) An inability to deviate from what appears to be a completely logical approach to considering a matter.

Which is a double whammy when you think about it. Solving problems solely in a logical fashion, based on a limited data set; now that’s a formula for disaster.

Indeed, back in the sabre tooth tiger days, this lot never even got to breed. It’s only latterly that they’ve begin to multiply.

Human intelligence is based on an innate awareness that the data set is just about always flawed.

Decisions and solutions are usually derived from precedents using our as-yet barely understood bio-organic database.

And I suspect that logic is just used as a checksum.