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Dr. Liu Feng's research team has proposed an AI "Robinson Test," designed to examine whether, after the removal of continuous human maintenance and task instructions, an AI can sustain itself, proactively expand its living space, and whether it adopts a cooperative, adversarial, or neutral attitude toward humans. The test is based on the theory of generalized agents and stands in contrast to the Turing Test, which examines whether an AI "seems human"; it focuses instead on "whether it can survive without humans." The test is divided into a nurturing period, a handover period, and a letting-go period, with the letting-go period lasting up to one year, and disturbances such as power outages and hard drive failures are randomly injected; results are classified into levels zero through four.
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Liu Feng's team proposes the "Robinson Test": Can AI survive on its own after humans are removed?
Dr. Liu Feng, author of "The Rising Superintelligence," and his research team have proposed the "Robinson Test," which observes whether AI can sustain itself, proactively expand its living space, and whether it is cooperative, adversarial, or neutral toward humans after continuous human maintenance and task instructions are withdrawn. The test is divided into a nurturing period, a handover period, and a letting-go period, with the letting-go period lasting up to one year, and disturbances such as power outages and hard drive failures are randomly injected; results are graded from level zero to level four. The concept is based on the theory of generalized agents and stands in contrast to the Turing Test, which examines whether AI "seems human," focusing instead on "whether it can survive without humans."