The Chinese House was proposed by the American philosopher John Sell in 1980. The experiment was to put a person who only speaks English in an almost closed room, and can only communicate with others through a small window, and can only communicate with words, not in language. He has a book about Chinese translation programs by his side. Others send notes with Chinese writing to the room through a small window, and the people in the room can translate these words and reply in Chinese through the translation book. Even if this person does not understand Chinese at all, relying on this book can make people outside the house think that he is proficient in Chinese.

You see, books and only speak English. Aren’t these two conditions just enough?

Sell ​​used this ideological experiment to fight back against the Turing test, and he did, and all artificial intelligence can not break through the shackles of the Chinese house experiment. To the questioner outside the room, the computer showed an intelligent reaction, but in fact he didn't understand what was going on.

The Turing test is an ideological test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950. It means that the tester is far apart from the tester and communicates with each other through some specific devices such as the keyboard. If the tester cannot tell whether the tester is a human or a machine, it means that the machine has passed the test and can be considered to have intelligence equivalent to humans.

This elf can make readers mistakenly think that it is a person who likes to play tricks. If it is really artificial intelligence, it must have passed the Turing test.

However, is it considered artificial intelligence to pass the Turing test? Sell answered "no" with the Chinese House's thought experiment.

The sparks generated by the collision of the two great figures' thought experiments after 30 years are enough to write a thick monograph, and Zhang Zian has only heard of it.

As for why it is a Chinese house instead of a Portuguese or German house, it is because Westerners generally believe that Chinese is as difficult as a heavenly book and cannot be learned by humans...

Although the Chinese house ideological experiment is not as famous as Schrödinger's cat, it is well known in the fields of artificial intelligence and computers.

Zhang Zian's guess was only in his mind for a while, and then he denied it himself because it was too far-fetched.

First of all, although the Chinese house's ideological experiment meets the two conditions of "book" and "English", the experiment itself has nothing to do with animals.

Secondly, Alphago is just a joke about the supercomputer alphago by Chinese people. Since "dog" and "go" are basically the same pronunciation, they spread like wildfire. In fact, alphago is not a dog at all.

Finally, suppose that a dog named alpha has indeed become an elf, but artificial intelligence is in full swing and is in a period of rapid growth. A large amount of capital and technology are pouring into this field. Everyone is optimistic about the development prospects of artificial intelligence in the 21st century. Therefore, the power of faith in this alpha dog should be constantly gathering, how can it dissipate quickly?

Based on the above three points, Zhang Zian concluded that his guess was wrong, and this elf would not be an artificial intelligence elf.

Let's talk about it...

He took out his cell phone and entered the game interface.

If a certain elves in the game are real artificial intelligence elves, it must be [Navigation elves].

AlphaGo is not worthy of becoming an elf, it is just the initial stage of artificial intelligence and is not qualified enough.

"Are you here in the Navigation Elf?" he whispered to his phone, and cancelled the mute state and turned the sound to a very small amount.

[Navigation Elf]: It is always available for you.

"Are you artificial intelligence?" he asked again.

[Navigation Elf]: I am your navigation Elf.

Such a leak-free and cool answer made Zhang Zian think that the navigation elves were 24-hour manual customer service when he first downloaded this game, so the navigation elves completely passed the Turing test.

Mr. Zhou was reading a book and glanced out of the corner of his eyes and said with his cell phone, kindly reminding him: "Young man, you don't allow mobile phones here."

Zhang Zian smiled slightly and turned off the phone screen, "I understand."

His eyes fell back to the computer screen, and when he saw the regulars asking questions over, he asked the second question in English.

[Master Marshal]: What book?

The chat room does not provide private chat function, and all chat conversations must be held in full view of the public.

Soon, the elf also answered in English, still mixed with a large string of numbers, which was both laborious and eye-catching to read.

[1415926]: My book, I want my book.

[DaShibi]: Is this book very important?

[1415926]: Without books, I will disappear from this world.

Seeing this, Zhang Zian finally felt relieved. It seemed that this book was the key to capturing this elf.

Most other people don’t think so. In their opinion, this person is completely alarmist and wants to use it to attract attention. Maybe they will have to donate money later. They are all people who love books, but even so, they will not say anything like “I will die without books”.

Zhang Zian knew very well that the meaning of "will disappear" and "will die" was different, and he could not be confused, but others did not know.

Some people also think that this pranker may have a mental illness, especially girls like Coo have developed some sympathy.

[coo]: What is the title of the book? We can help you find it.

[1415926]: No name.

[coo]: No title? You always know what the content is about?

For those bookworms who spend all day in the library, finding books is their best choice. Even the library staff may not be better at finding books than they do. Coo and others are very confident. As long as the prankster says the content of the book, they can narrow the scope to an acceptable level and then brainstorm further screening.

In this regard, Zhang Zian knew that he was not as good as them, so he watched quietly.

[1415926]: Life, the universe and everything.

[coo]: Ah haha! I have read this book! I still say there is no title? Isn’t this the third part of “The Wandering Guide to the Galaxy” written by Douglas Adams? I’ll find it for you right away!

Not only her, but many regular customers have read this classic science fiction novel. Several people left the chair, acted with Coo, passed by Zhang Zi'an quickly, and walked towards the stairs. Some went to the second floor to find the Chinese version, and some went to the third floor to find the English version and other language versions. They are not so enthusiastic and action-oriented. This time they just want to use this to see the true face of the prankster. You claim that you will die without a book. Then we found the book for you. You always have to come and pick up the book, right?

Zhang Zi'an sat on the chair without moving and continued to think.

He felt that things were not that simple, otherwise the difficulty of capturing this elf would not be extremely high.
Chapter completed!