30 points•andsoitis•5 days ago•9 comments•

9 comments

MichaelRo5 days ago
>> The original Turing Test was designed to compare two participants chatting through a text-only interface: one AI and one human. The goal was to spot the imposter. Today, the test is simplified from three participants to just two: a human and an LLM. This changes the test from a comparison to a judgment.

Didn't know that. Good to know.

lolakutty4 days ago
Yes, Christopher Nolan pioneered it.
_superposition_3 days ago
Imo this is a great, nuanced article. The benefits are there but the hype is unreal. It's like every hype cycle gets griftier.
tiffanyh5 days ago
(2025)
simianwords5 days ago
Gartner hype cycle is pseudoscience. I tried to understand what the y axis is and how they measure it. Any answers here? Surely it’s not market cap.
mitxela5 days ago
The y axis is hype
simianwords5 days ago
In what way is hype quantified and different from stock market valuations? The stock market already captures public sentiment on future earnings, I.e hype.

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