Abstract
Without knowledge of other features, can the sex of a person be determined through text-based
communication alone? In the first Turing test experiment enclosing 24 human-duo set-ups embedded among
machine-human pairs the interrogators erred 50% of the time in assigning the correct sex to a hidden
interlocutor identified as human. In this paper we present five transcripts, in four gender blur occurred: Turing
test interrogators misclassified male for female and vice versa. In the fifth, machine-human conversation
artificial dialogue was branded as female teen. Did stereotypical views on male and female talk sway the
judges to assign one way or another? This research is part of ongoing analysis of over 400 tests involving
more than 80 human judges. Can we overcome unconscious bias and improve development of agent language?
Original language | English |
---|---|
Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART2016) |
Publisher | SciTePress |
Pages | 203-210 |
Volume | 1 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-989-758-172-4 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Rome, Italy Duration: 24 Feb 2016 → 26 Feb 2016 |
Conference
Conference | 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence |
---|---|
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Rome |
Period | 24/02/16 → 26/02/16 |
Bibliographical note
It will be presented at the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART2016), Rome, Italy, 24-26 February, 2016Keywords
- Computer-mediated communication
- gender-blur
- imitation game
- indistinguishability
- Loebner Prize
- simultaneous comparison
- Turing test.