A musical Turing test for AI consciousness | Letters
Stephen Ladyman suggests a test for AI consciousness: ask AI to name the best song. AI systems respond with objective criteria like sales or revenue, lacking subjective appreciation. Another reader expresses suspicion about advice from the AI assistant Claude.
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Key points
- Proposed test for AI consciousness: ask 'What is the best song?'
- AI answers based on objective measures (e.g., most copies sold) rather than subjective taste
- A second reader doubts the reliability of AI assistant Claude's advice
Why it matters
This matters because proposed test for AI consciousness: ask 'What is the best song?'.
Technical impact
May affect model selection, inference cost, product capability, and evaluation benchmarks.
Stephen Ladyman suggests a question to ask artificial intelligence systems, while John van Someren is suspicious of advice he got from the AI assistant Claude
There is a test that Prof Richard Dawkins might use to determine if artificial intelligence systems are conscious (Letters, 15 May). Ask them to name the best song.
AI systems will tell you which song sold the most copies, or made the most money, or were named the best song by a particular magazine or commentator. All of these are objective criteria.
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