For our Niki page we have been assigned Alan Turing. He was a mathematician, computer scientist, code breaker, and played a vital role in the formation and understanding of artificial intelligence. He devised a test would differentiate man from machine, I thought it would be fun to go on to two separate chatrooms, one with an automated “bot” and the other with another person. I asked the same questions. I used IGod as the AI forum, and while it was impressive in some areas, it quickly became clear how strict the formatting of it was, and how it devised its answers. I found that speaking to a person changed the way I communicated, with IGod I had been mimicking the formal tone it used. But with the real person on Omegle, it was easy to speak colloquially – in fact it was hard not to.

This made me wonder why we are so fascinated with artificial intelligence. Is it because it allows us to understand what it is that makes us human? Is it the thought that it will aid us in the future? It’s a dangerous game wanting to create robot with human characteristics and intelligence, just how much autonomy do we want them to have because it’s a threat? Robots are far more powerful than us physically, pairing it with emotions is a risk.