Considering that Turing's original test was co-opted by Weizenbaum and that six of the most common criticisms of the Turing test are unfair to both Turing's argument and the historical development of AI. The Turing test has faced criticism for decades, most recently at the Royal Society event "Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test." The question of the Turing test's significance has intensified with recent advances in large language model technology, which now enable machines to pass it. In this article, I address six of the most common criticisms of the Turing test: The Turing test encourages fooling people; Turing overestimated human intelligence, as people can be easily fooled (the ELIZA effect); The Turing test is not a good benchmark for AI; Turing's 1950 paper is not serious and/or has contradictions; Imitation should not be a goal for AI, and it is also harmful to society; Passing the Turing test teaches nothing about AI. All six criticisms largely derive from Joseph Weizenbaum's influential reinterpretation of the Turing test. The first four fail to withstand a close examination of the internal logic of Turing's 1950 paper, particularly when the paper is situated within its mid-twentieth-century context.

Netflix says it has used visual effects created by generative artificial intelligence (AI) on screen for the first time in one of its original TV shows. The streaming giant's co-CEO Ted Sarandos said AI, which produces videos and images based on prompts, was used to create a scene of a building collapsing in the Argentine science fiction show, The Eternauts. He praised the technology as an "incredible opportunity to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper." The use of generative AI is controversial in the entertainment industry and has sparked fears that it will replace the work of humans.

Artificial intelligence – defining it is like trying to lift water with your hands. In part maybe because it has such mythical proportion (Can it "wake up"? Might it wipe out the human race? Can it fix global warming?). In part maybe because it is the domain of especially smart experts. Or maybe for other reasons, in any case the concept of AI is both real business and a canvas onto which we project our fears and dreams.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in every function of businesses in the sector, says David Sexton, VP & head of insurance practice, UK and Ireland, at tech group Cognizant.

The Trump administration appears to be taking a hands-off approach to preparing for the future of automation and artificial intelligence, despite warnings from tech analysts who say AI is already here and helped guide policy measures enacted in the waning months of the Obama presidency. During a press event last week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters he's not concerned by the prospect of millions of Americans losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, saying he doesn't expect the technological shift to happen for a long time. "That is so far in the future, in terms of artificial intelligence taking over American jobs, we're like so far away from that, not even on my radar screen," Mnuchin said at an event hosted by news website Axios. "I think it's 50 or 100 more years." Although it's unclear whether Mnuchin's comments represent a formal administration position, the treasury secretary is traditionally one of the president's most influential economic advisers.