GPS Navi Passes the Turing Test

How about you drive?

Conversation between driver and the GPS Navi

Navi: Turn left in 250 meters.

Driver: OK.

Navi: Go straight for 2 kilometers.

Driver: Got that.

Navi: Turn hard left into Ambrose Road.

Driver: I can’t - there’s road construction.

Navi: Whoops, Route recalculation. Try turning left at the next corner in 40 meters.

Driver: That’s no good. Didn’t you get the latest downloads?

Navi: Got them but this construction only started this morning.

Driver: How about you drive? I have to call home.

Navi: Sure. You calling aliens to come and pick you up? Like ET?

Driver: Just drive.

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Voice-over

So does the GPS Navi pass the Turing Test?

Although there is no physical presence, except for a screen on the dashboard, its conversational responses meet some human conversational criteria.

• It responds by giving appropriate commands.
• It gives an emotional response, “Whoops.”
• It makes suggestions, "Try turning left..."
• It uses grammatical auxiliaries like articles.
• It omits auxiliaries for dramatic effect, "You calling aliens..."
• It uses contractions by omitting subject, "Got them..."
• It defends itself, by explaining that the latest information was dated.
• It takes over the job of the driver like a Google driverless car.
• It uses metaphor, “…like ET…” to make a joke.

No wonder this driver can converse with his GPS navi system like a close acquaintance. Most cannot.
(from GPS Navi Passes the Turing Test, July 2013)
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