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Mitchell Kapor on AI

2 quotes from Mitchell Kapor on the wall, 2002, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include Long Now Foundation.

1. Qualities of the human condition no machine is going to successfully emulate

   April 2002·#philosophy#hype

   ContextWho else?

   Mitchell Kapor, founder of Lotus and co-founder of the EFF, in his argument for the first Long Bet, a $20,000 wager against Ray Kurzweil on the Turing test, 2002.

   Long Now Foundation · Long Bet 1: By 2029 no computer will have passed the Turing Test (Kapor's Argument)

2. Whether a computer can successfully impersonate a human

   April 2002·#philosophy

   ContextWho else?

   Mitchell Kapor, founder of Lotus, opening his case in the Long Now Foundation wager against Ray Kurzweil over the Turing test by 2029, made in 2002. The $20,000 stakes go to the Electronic Frontier Foundation if Kapor wins.

   Long Now Foundation · Long Bet 1: By 2029 no computer will have passed the Turing Test (Kapor's Argument)

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