Reflections on cope and kalantzis: How intelligent is generative AI? Towards trans-semiotizing the turing test

Abstract

The release of ChatGPT in November 2022 has sparked great interest in Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI). Discussions have arisen regarding whether Gen AI has passed the Turing Test, a measure of a machine’s ability to mimic human intelligence. There are also concerns about the potential threats posed by advanced AI to humanity. Using the lens of multimodal grammar, Cope and Kalantzis’s work offers a balanced analysis of Gen AI’s capabilities and limitations. This paper builds on their work, examining Gen AI’s strengths and weaknesses, and proposes trans-semiotizing the Turing Test to benchmark Gen AI.