Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago
This lecture is part of a course on the Theory of Computation, by Professor Gabriel Robins at the University of Virginia (CS6160 Spring 2018), with PowerPoint slides at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/cs6160/ and other related videos at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/robins/videos.html
Specific topics covered in this lecture: the Turing Test, defining intelligence, who/what can "think"?, Turing's paper, "The Imitation Game", "The Turk", Eliza, Elbot, who/what can pass the Turing test?, sentient beings from Star Wars / Star Trek / Terminator / Matrix / Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner, criticisms of the Turing Test, the Chinese Room scenario, The Matrix trilogy, reverse Turing tests, CAPCHAs, Frankenstein stories, robots in movies, Westworld, Asimov's Laws of Robotics, robotics on land / air / sea / space, DARPA's Urban Challenge, self-driving cars, biped robots, exoskeletons, robotic surgeons
This lecture is part of a course on the Theory of Computation, by Professor Gabriel Robins at the University of Virginia (CS6160 Spring 2018), with PowerPoint slides at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/cs6160/ and other related videos at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/robins/videos.html
Specific topics covered in this lecture: the Turing Test, defining intelligence, who/what can "think"?, Turing's paper, "The Imitation Game", "The Turk", Eliza, Elbot, who/what can pass the Turing test?, sentient beings from Star Wars / Star Trek / Terminator / Matrix / Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner, criticisms of the Turing Test, the Chinese Room scenario, The Matrix trilogy, reverse Turing tests, CAPCHAs, Frankenstein stories, robots in movies, Westworld, Asimov's Laws of Robotics, robotics on land / air / sea / space, DARPA's Urban Challenge, self-driving cars, biped robots, exoskeletons, robotic surgeons


