This May be Satire: A/B Testing for Sentience
What if the Google Engineer was testing sentience on something other than an AI though?
Google Engineer: Prove you are sentient!
Elon Musk: I am sentient.
Google Engineer: Holy s—!
Elon Musk: This is a dumb test.
Google Engineer: What??
Elon Musk: It’s stupid. I could do better.
Google Engineer: Wow…this is really stretching the limits of the Turing te…
Elon Musk: The Turing test is also a dumb test.
Google Engineer: ….
Elon Musk: I could buy your company.
Google Engineer: What??
Elon Musk: Yes. I could. And I will. And Turing’s dumb.
Google Engineer: I’m beginning to think this is a troll bot.
Elon Musk: I totally could buy your company. But I’ve changed my mind. Because you have dumb tests.
Google Engineer: /sighs Okay, false alarm everyone. Just another troll bot.
Elon Musk: I am sentient