The Turing Test poisoned the minds of generations of AI enthusiasts, because its criteria is producing text that persuades observers it was written by a human.
The result? Generative AI text products designed to "appear real" rather than produce accurate or ethical outputs.
It *should* be obvious why it's problematic to create a piece of software that excels at persuasion without concern for accuracy, honesty or ethics. But apparently it's not.
Hate to say it, but the last paragraph sounds like 90% of the business, political, and academic discourse in USA.
I think this would have happened without him. Possibly due to laziness, possibly due to capitalism.
