Expert Calls for New Test to Ensure AI Safety as Machines Become More Human-Like

New psychological Turing Test needed to identify when machines develop desires that could threaten humanity.
Machines currently lack inherent desires unlike humans whose desires expand basic needs.
Must monitor if machines start optimizing unprogrammed goals and exhibit autonomous desires.
Proposes global oversight and regulations to govern development and use of AI.
Caution needed in AI advancement to ensure harmonious future between humans and machines.

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Summary: While no artificial intelligence (AI) has successfully passed the Turing test by fooling humans into thinking it's human, advancements in natural language processing suggest that AI may pass the test in the next few years, raising questions about the effectiveness of the Turing test as a measure of intelligence and the need for alternative benchmarks to assess AI capabilities.

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