Siri and the turing test

[Drashner1]

While we do have people who have failed the turing test in RL and in OA we have turing-capable and turing-equivalent as synonyms they probably are not the same and not equal to a sophont test. A sophont AI might not be able to pass and a non-sophont might be able to pass. It or rather a revised edition might be useful as a test to see how well a given AI or Vec would work with humans.

In OA though your average sophont might be better at spotting Vec and AI or they might not, a nearbaseline might be coded in a similar way to a machine and a vec migth have auto-evolved out of botsystem or virch equivalent if given enough time,so the lines are blurred a little.

It's gets even more complicated than that, if we really want to delve into it. Mind takes a vast number of forms and types in Y11k. From AIs to uploads of various ages and from various environments, to bionts adapted to a huge number of environments, again ranging in age across centuries, and all of them able to modify their minds in various ways, even before we get to the issue of singularity levels.

I would suggest that both terms 'turingrade' and 'sophont' are probably convenient shorthand for a reality that is both very complex and multi-dimensional, incorporating a whole range of variables that combine in different ways to produce different types of mind. Among professional mind creators (or even just dedicated hobbyists) there is perhaps a highly technical vocabulary and notation to communicate this. For the layman, there is generally just one or both very simple terms.

Just some thoughts,

Todd