15: What the Turing Test Became, Ella's Bodily Quirks, and Pub Quizes
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04/21/22 • 108 min
What is the Turing Test, what has it become, and what can we learn from it? How many of Ella's weird bodily quirks do you have? And how did the pub quiz come about?
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We also learn about: the imitation game, performative gender, the alignment problem, It’s not blade runner, artifical stupidity, have you heard about eugene goostman?! the alignment problem, CAPTTTTCAHA, archival OCR, thank Turing for Duo Lingo TikToks, Timnit Gebru, Robert Miles, the sociological and economic alignment problem, Ella Syndrome, learn to roll your tongue or else! Artistotle can’t roll his tongue, ACHOO, acronyms were a mistake, spare tendons, what is your earwax texture? the one person who liked Han dynasty tests, unlucky 13, TV quizes, what if we did that? Jay's virtual pub quiz. Jay's virtual pub quiz.
Sources:
Stanford Philosophy Turing Test Page
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
Turing Test 50 Year Retrospective
Github Copilot's Alignment Problem Paper
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What is the Turing Test, what has it become, and what can we learn from it? How many of Ella's weird bodily quirks do you have? And how did the pub quiz come about?
For the next month only, use code "Everything" to save 60% off your first month of MEL Science!
Support us with a Max Fun Membership!
We also learn about: the imitation game, performative gender, the alignment problem, It’s not blade runner, artifical stupidity, have you heard about eugene goostman?! the alignment problem, CAPTTTTCAHA, archival OCR, thank Turing for Duo Lingo TikToks, Timnit Gebru, Robert Miles, the sociological and economic alignment problem, Ella Syndrome, learn to roll your tongue or else! Artistotle can’t roll his tongue, ACHOO, acronyms were a mistake, spare tendons, what is your earwax texture? the one person who liked Han dynasty tests, unlucky 13, TV quizes, what if we did that? Jay's virtual pub quiz. Jay's virtual pub quiz.
Sources:
Stanford Philosophy Turing Test Page
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
Turing Test 50 Year Retrospective
Github Copilot's Alignment Problem Paper
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14: Domesticating Foxes, The Oldest Potted Plant, and Crosswords
Could you domesticate a fox, and what even IS domestication? What is the oldest potted plant, and, wait, what does Caroline mean by that question? And how did Tom go from hating crosswords to loving them?
The photo we mention of Mecta the Fox Pup
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We also learn about: the first domesticated animals, one of Darwin’s sequels, floppy ears, domestication syndrome, the fox bachelor, the neural crest cell hypothesis, our version of Behind the Bastards, cited comment critiques, we all just want to learn, I’ve never seen a plant in the middle ages, we completely misinterpret the question, ella’s old man wisdom, a plant older than america, the anxious keepers of the oldest potted plant, crosswords were a fad, we were always insufferable, relearnig ocular immunity, crossword fuckery, “thirsty” well shortz, what is and isn’t general knowledge? and bad jokes with friends.
Sources:
Dog Domestication and the Dual Dispersal of People and Dogs into the Americas
Genomic and archaeological evidence suggest a dual origin of domestic dogs
The Silver Fox Domestication Experiment
Early Canid Domestication: interplay between behavioral genetics and development
Red Fox Genomic Regions Associated with Tame Behaviours
The “Domestication Syndrome” in Mammals: Neural Crest Cell Behavior and Genetics
The History of Farm Foxes Undermines the Animal Domestication Syndrome
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South African Encephalartos Species
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New York Times History of the Crossword
Yes, You Can Write More Than One Letter in a Square
The Hidden Bigotry of Crosswords
How Will Shortz Edits a New York Times Crossword Puzzle (Lorelai)
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16: The Trouble with Honeybees, Why Repeated Words Lose Meaning, and Speed Running
Follow Ella's new job's tiktok!
When we say save the bees, which bees are we talking about? What happens when you repeat a word and it loses meaning? And how could you design an experiment to figure that out? And what is speed running and why do we all love it?
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We also learn about: solitary bees dance in their spare time, 25000 species of bees, send your enemies bees in the post, Bombus terrestris, human centric beekeeping, the billion pound honey market, honey bees are important, but also bad sometimes, local bee jobs stolen by foreign invaders, bee to bee pathogens, save ALL the bees, hanging out in the park and repeating words words words, good experimental design, the meaning test tube, tuning out meaning, Zeus, pitfalls of psychology, introspection, “familiar feels”, neutral words, clever Hans, the observer expectancy effect, dream of good experiments goodnight, don’t use flash when taking a picture of your screen, Dragster, Atari, Doom, pacifist runs, Quake done quick, games done quick, lowest percent, link stares at a rupee for 17 hours, bullet time bounce
Sources:
Caroline's Paper on the Western Honeybee
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Sheila Black's Semantic Satiation Review
Titchener's Early Description of Meaning Loss
Semantic Satiation for Poetic Effect
Jakobovits Naming Semantic Satiation
Bassett and Warne Introspective Study
Lambert and Jakobovits Semantic Polarity Experiment
Schultz Constructively Criticizing Semantic Satiation
Smith Category Verification Experiment
Neural Analysis of Semantic Satiation
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A Brief History of Speedrunning
A Quick History of Speedrunning
Marimoto Super Mario Bros 3 Speedrun
Zikubi! Super Mario Bros 3 Speedrun
The Speedrun Where Link Stares at Rupees for 17 Hours
What is the hardest trick in Speedrunning?
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