A Defence of Humanity in the Age of the Computer

[@2bsirius]

I assume the book is Brian Cox's newly published book, "The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive." It might make sense to add a link to where the book can be purchased in the lowbar?

[@rsaorg]

@FutureMillennium you can download the full audio file here: thersa.org/events/audio-and-past-events/2011/a-defence-of-humanity-in-the-age-of-the-computer. Thank you for the suggestion to add in the links.

[@kellycoinguy]

I once accused a real human being on a tech support chat of being a robot. He was not a very convincing human. He didn't even deny being a robot, which I found strange.

[@ryanzdawson]

2:43 "We take you now, live, to the mic that is too hot."

[@paulflute]

@EyeLean5280 i particularly enoyed the close up of a small piece of the chandelier.. so relevant.. ;9)

[@MrIzzyDizzy]

touring test is hard for a computer - it would have to dumb down its answer - and get mad when not believed - it would have to say i dont know when asked what is 5421389706 divided by 6079831245

[@lostDruid]

I failed the Turing Test...

[@FutureMillennium]

@theRSAorg Cheers. The page says "Sorry, the page might have moved" though. Am I missing something? Also, the video description would be a good place for the link.

[@buscalo]

¿Can you see me through my words? ¿Can you tell you know what you see?

[@FutureMillennium]

Damnit, RSA, can you at least provide a link to the whole thing? Can't find anything on your website.

[@paulflute]

@theRSAorg doesn't seem to be working...?

[@Kojak7snap]

@zassounotsukushi And yet, so many kids are outsourcing their social needs to the internet; there are many KZbin channels out there dedicated to simply showing a group of friends, hanging out, and people watch these videos in preference to actual human interaction. Scary; just because there's a surplus of us, doesn't mean we want to talk to said surplus.

[@sok8888]

How do I know id the man saying he is Brian Christian on this video is really a human and not some CG?

[@ItsMisterRed]

@sok8888 How do I know you're not accusing him to take suspicion away from you? huh?

[@kevoramma]

He looks more like a "Ben" than a ''Brian''.

[@EyeLean5280]

@paulflute - Well, maybe we're being too hard on the videographer. Maybe he is a struggling, misunderstood auteur. Maybe it was meant to be avant-garde... Nah!

[@MarkoKraguljac]

Just replace current human robots (desperate masses seeking "jobs" in distorted economy) with real robots. Its technically possible. No one really needs computers for chat with so many people around, at this point.

[@itsjustameme]

Moody, Irritable and obnoxious. My girlfriend would OWN this test.

[@orchoose]

robot is czech word:)

[@EyeLean5280]

You guys need a different filmmaker. Super-slow dissolve to the profile of the guy listening? A closeup of the speaker's armpit? Surely, RSA can do better.