Can Machines Think? ChatGPT, Modern AI and The Turing Test - 04

Some researchers claim that ChatGPT-4, a recently developed AI chatbot, has passed the Turing Test, a test designed to answer the question, “Can machines think?” In this course, we’ll explore what this means: whether machines can, or ever will, “think” and in what sense. We’ll examine this by looking at the way modern AI systems work and at the Turing Test and objections to it from a philosophical perspective. At the end of the course, we’ll also take a look at the potential benefits and dangers of machines becoming super-intelligent.

Can Machines Think? ChatGPT, Modern AI, and the Turing Test
Tim Snow, OLLI Member
4 Mondays, 1:30pm – 3:30pm (3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7)
This class is held virtually on zoom.