How many people have heard of the steam powered turing machine?

[gopunk]

just curious... i might get to do a little research on that project this summer. polishing brass gauges and whatnot...

 

[Rastus]

I didn't realize it was steam powered. Someone out there (in WWW land) has recently built a working model. Google is your friend.

 

[TallBill]

i have i have!

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Rastus
I didn't realize it was steam powered. Someone out there (in WWW land) has recently built a working model. Google is your friend.

well this one's at my school (uw)... in fact i see it almost every day walking around sieg... where's the other one at?

 

[UglyCasanova]

I've heard of the Turing test, but what is the turing machine?

 

[Heisenberg]

I'm familiar with the Turing machine as a theoretical concept, didn't realize they had actually built them.

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: gopunk
just curious... i might get to do a little research on that project this summer. polishing brass gauges and whatnot...

What a silly question. Hardly anyone outside of CS would have any clue what a Turing Machine is.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: dparker
I've heard of the Turing test, but what is the turing machine?

for everyone who is lost.



turing test : series of tests supposed to take a "blackbox" that answers questions and see if it is human or not. , in laymans terms, think of an AIM chat bot, but you arent sure if its a bot or a real person. the test is to see if its real or not, or if a machine can fool you into thinking its real.


turing machine: one of those wannabe chat bots.


also other cs majors correct me if i'm wrong as i got a D- in AI. i never went to class, just read the book. so i may have interpreted that wrong.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: hans007

Originally posted by: dparker
I've heard of the Turing test, but what is the turing machine?

for everyone who is lost.



turing test : series of tests supposed to take a "blackbox" that answers questions and see if it is human or not. , in laymans terms, think of an AIM chat bot, but you arent sure if its a bot or a real person. the test is to see if its real or not, or if a machine can fool you into thinking its real.


turing machine: one of those wannabe chat bots.


also other cs majors correct me if i'm wrong as i got a D- in AI. i never went to class, just read the book. so i may have interpreted that wrong.

not quite... here is a link to info

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: manly

Originally posted by: gopunk
just curious... i might get to do a little research on that project this summer. polishing brass gauges and whatnot...

What a silly question. Hardly anyone outside of CS would have any clue what a Turing Machine is.

well duh, this question was clearly intended for those that actually knew what a turing machine was in the first place.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Will it always halt?