Are You Real, Or Are You AI?

Are You Real, Or Are You AI?

Bruce Von Stiers

Alan Turing is noted as the father of modern computer science. His work, both theoretical and practical, is still being touted as genius.

Always pushing the boundaries of computer science, he developed the Turing Test. In it's simplest form, it is a test to determine if a computer is intelligent enough so that there is no discernible difference between it and a human when given specific tasks.

There is a new short sci-fi film that has an interesting take on the test. Appropriately, the title of the film is Turing Test.

Sophie is a scientist. She has been trying to get her AI model to perform in such a way as to fool other participants in the experiment into believing that he is human.

Sophie and Alan are in a sterile white room. He's sitting on a chair. He's apparently got a bit of an attitude. She wants him to be able to convince others that he's human. He asks Sophie if she, herself, believes him to be human. What? She mentions that she'd programmed him, so no.

But all is not what it seems. The AI is not performing as Sophie had anticipated. And yet, what is the true intended result?

As the film progresses, the question becomes what is real and what is imagined? What is AI and what is true human intelligence?

Sophie was played by Marlene Fahnster. She appeared in the romantic drama Copilot.

Alan was played by Richard Lingscheidt. He appeared in an episode of Heavenly Bonds and has a role in the upcoming comedy Smalltown Funk Girls.

Henry was played by Ozen Fidan. He has starred in several short films, including Juliet and Still Missing.

Turning Test was written, directed, produced and edited by Jaschar Marktanner. He has directed several short films, including Aufdruck and Die Maschine.

The first assistant director was Marie Anhut. She was also the first assistant director for the short horror film, Not The Clowns.

Ugur Dogan was the cinematographer. Although he's been the cinematographer for a couple of other films, Dogan is mostly known for his stunt work on films such as Blind and Gipsy Queen.

The other producer for the film was Melanie Hagen. She is a producer for the upcoming comedy film, Berlin Tea Time. She also played Poison Ivy in the action short film, Harley Quinn -Blazing Shadows.

Turing Test was definitely an interesting film. It takes the premise of the Turing Test and builds a story that is entertaining and a bit scary. But maybe not too farfetched. With all of the AI that is currently available and being developed, computer generated intelligence may soon supersede human intelligence. The film does have a couple of twists that fit well with the story.

Turing Test is currently being submitted to film festivals. An official release date for the film will be announced later.

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