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Re:John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general int... by dorgo on Thursday November 14, 2019 @05:45PM (#21540325)
>more cost effective is to just fake it

I struggle to see the distinction. Isn't the turing test defined as 'faking humans (or human's intelligence) convincingly enough'?

There is a saying: The benefit to be smart is that you can pretend to be stupid. The opposite is more difficult.

Re:John Carmack: I’m going to work on artificial general int... by the_af on Friday November 15, 2019 @05:14PM (#21549329)
"Fake it" as in cutting corners and performing sleighs of hand. Instead of moving enemy soldiers strategically, just spawn them close but out of sight, because the player won't know better. This doesn't help if you truly want to devise a military AI and is only useful for games. And that's just one example.

I think the Turing Test is no longer thought of as adequate metric for general AI (if it ever was to begin with).