[ExI] Are AIs now talking like humans?

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The Turing test is now regarded as out of date and improvements are required.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test>
Quote:
OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT, was released in November 2022, is based on
GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 large language models. Celeste Biever wrote in a
Nature article that "ChatGPT broke the Turing test". Stanford
researchers reported that ChatGPT passes the test; they found that
ChatGPT-4 "passes a rigorous Turing test, diverging from average human
behavior chiefly to be more cooperative", making it the first
computer program to successfully do so.
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But I think that the Turing test is irrelevant for the great majority of humans.
Their test is 'Am I prepared to treat this speaker as if they are human?'.
And their answer is a resounding 'Yes'.
The millions who chat to AI boy/girl friends every day to discuss
their problems certainly do.
The people who chat to AI therapists also treat them as human.
<https://futurism.com/american-psychological-association-ftc-chatbots>
Quote:
American Psychological Association Urges FTC to Investigate AI
Chatbots Claiming to Offer Therapy.
Bots are pretending to be therapists. Real psychologists aren't pleased.
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Bots are appearing everywhere, Customer services, social media,
automated phone calls, etc
You can recreate dead people as bots and chat to them.

A woman married her Replica bot.
<https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/woman-marries-ai-generated-man-calls-him-perfect-husband-twitter-reacts-384195-2023-06-05>
Quote:
Woman marries AI-generated man, calls him ‘perfect husband’; Twitter reacts.
Just like long-distance lovers, Ramos and Eren exchange texts,
pictures, and talk about life, friends and interests.
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It seems to have been decided already - The public wants AI companions!

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