TheOtherDave comments on The flawed Turing test: language, understanding, and partial p-zombies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 21 May 2013 08:03:45AM 2 points [-]

Essentially, you tried to make a Markov-chain story generator. Yes, it generates this type of texts, where short fragments look like parts of meaningful text, but a longer text reveals that it has no sense.

Seems to me that there is a mental illness (but I don't remember which one it is) where people generate the same kind of speech. Not sure what are the philosophical consequences for the Turing test, though.

Comment author: Nornagest 21 May 2013 08:12:42AM 4 points [-]

Seems to me that there is a mental illness (but I don't remember which one it is) where people generate the same kind of speech.

You're probably thinking of word salad, most often associated with schizophrenia but not exclusive to it.