Post-turing Methodology: Breaking the Wall on the Way to Artificial General Intelligence

Abstract

This article offers comprehensive criticism of the Turing test and develops quality criteria for new artificial general intelligence (AGI) assessment tests. It is shown that the prerequisites A. Turing drew upon when reducing personality and human consciousness to "suitable branches of thought" reflected the engineering level of his time. In fact, the Turing "imitation game" employed only symbolic communication and ignored the physical world. This paper suggests that by restricting thinking ability to symbolic systems alone Turing unknowingly constructed "the wall" that excludes any possibility of transition from a complex observable phenomenon to an abstract image or concept. It is, therefore, sensible to factor in new requirements for AI (artificial intelligence) maturity assessment when approaching the Turing test. Such AI must support all forms of communication with a human being, and it should be able to comprehend abstract images and specify concepts as well as participate in social practices.

Walking Through the Turing Wall

“…Influence by the physical world is fundamentally absent, and even if a machine recognizes the speech of a person (for example, that of a player) it then determines only the words and ignores their meaning. Actions or emotions of virtual avatars, which carry a heavy semantic load without transmitting any verbal information whatsoever, can be an example of non-verbal interaction in the virtual environment (Efimov, 2020).…”

“…One of the potential tests for this level of robotics development implies the necessity to compare an android and a person: the machine Figure 1. Shows the Turing continuum (Efimov, 2020).…”

“…Real interaction with humans in the physical world is still an extremely difficult task. This is not enough for a general artificial intelligence to come true, as such a machine must cover all four areas of interactions and environments (Efimov, 2020).…”

“…Techno-Umwelt is a domain of world perception, the way a machine sees the world around it. Everyone knows what the personal umwelt is, and many have seen the "techno-umwelt" of unmanned vehicles using radars and lidars in videos (Efimov, 2020).…”