{"id":2344,"date":"2018-10-07T10:07:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T18:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?page_id=2344"},"modified":"2018-10-07T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T18:07:13","slug":"the-emotional-turing-test","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?page_id=2344","title":{"rendered":"The Emotional Turing Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which will machines achieve first, love or sentience? Can one exist without the other?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/rlove.png\" width=300 style=\"margin: 5px; border: double; float: right; box-shadow: 5px 10px #888888;\" alt=\"Cover: the Emotional Turing Test\"><\/p>\n<p>Brian Rosen, a writer from &#8220;Tech Debunkers,&#8221; comes to the Magic Isles theme park to either prove or disprove claims that the machines there pass an &#8220;Emotional Turing Test.&#8221; He isn&#8217;t looking for &#8220;robot love,&#8221; but despite his best intentions, despite the fact that he knows she isn&#8217;t sentient, the android named Kiki captures his heart.<\/p>\n<p>Is it possible she&#8217;s real in some other, mystical sense? 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