Subject: Re: Way OT: AI is here
The really interesting question raised: If it quacks like a duck, is it a duck? If something behaves convincingly like a thinking being, is it one?

And my answer to that is no, but how do you tell? I think you'd need more than 5 minutes. I like watching you tube shorts at times, and the AI showing up there is disturbing. At some point they will get really good. The old advice of watch how many fingers there are doesn't work. At what point does a machine become self aware? I don't know, but I think we are going to find out... and sooner than we think.