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That Monkey Cannot Even Find Shakespeare!

When it comes to randomly typing out the complete works of Shakespeare, time is not the monkey’s problem; information is

Instead of asking whether a system can imitate human behavior, the relevant question is whether it can generate new functional information.

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Horizontal Innovation Requires More Than Novel Outputs

Current AI systems excel at producing output novelty, but I do not believe they demonstrate algorithmic novelty

LLMs’ impressive outputs demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithms; they do not demonstrate that the AI has invented new computational methods.

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Podcast: The Challenge of Proving Creativity in AI

AI researcher Mappouras discusses the limitations of the Lovelace test for AI creativity with host Robert Marks

Mappouras doesn’t rule out creativity in machines; he wants to develop a test that could recognize it.

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Podcast: A New Test to Measure Understanding in AI Models

The Turing Test 2.0 is based on the view that intelligence is the ability to extract new knowledge from existing information and apply it consistently across time and context

The Turing Test 2.0 mirrors the way good teachers test students — not asking for memorized answers but for concepts to be applied in unfamiliar situations.

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Measuring Machine Intelligence Using Turing Test 2.0

Podcast: Georgios Mappouras’s updated approach asks whether machines can go beyond imitation to produce new knowledge

Mappouras’s General Intelligence Threshold offers a test question: Can the system generate insights that were not directly programmed into it?

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