Turing++ Questions: A test for the science of (human) intelligence

Abstract

There is a widespread interest among scientists in understanding a specific and well defined form of intelligence, that is human intelligence. For this reason we propose a stronger version of the original Turing test. In particular, we describe here an open-ended set of Turing++ questions that we are developing at the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines at MIT - that is questions about an image. For the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines the main research goal is the science of intelligence rather than the engineering of intelligence - the hardware and software of the brain rather than just absolute performance in face identification. Our Turing++ questions refect fully these research priorities.