<s>
The	O
minimum	B-General_Concept
intelligent	I-General_Concept
signal	I-General_Concept
test	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
MIST	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
variation	O
of	O
the	O
Turing	O
test	O
proposed	O
by	O
Chris	O
McKinstry	O
in	O
which	O
only	O
boolean	O
(	O
yes/no	O
or	O
true/false	O
)	O
answers	O
may	O
be	O
given	O
to	O
questions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
such	O
a	O
test	O
is	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
quantitative	O
statistical	O
measure	O
of	O
humanness	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
subsequently	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
optimize	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
systems	O
intended	O
to	O
imitate	O
human	O
responses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
called	O
these	O
propositions	O
Mindpixels	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
McKinstry	O
criticized	O
existing	O
approaches	O
to	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
such	O
as	O
chatterbots	B-Protocol
,	O
saying	O
that	O
his	O
questions	O
could	O
"	O
kill	O
"	O
AI	B-Application
programs	O
by	O
quickly	O
exposing	O
their	O
weaknesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
contrasted	O
his	O
approach	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
direct	O
questions	O
assessing	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
's	O
capabilities	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
Turing	O
test	O
and	O
Loebner	O
Prize	O
method	O
of	O
engaging	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
in	O
undirected	O
typed	O
conversation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
of	O
the	O
MIST	O
have	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
"	O
kill	O
"	O
a	O
McKinstry-style	O
AI	B-Application
too	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
impossibility	O
of	O
supplying	O
it	O
with	O
correct	O
answers	O
to	O
all	O
possible	O
yes/no	O
questions	O
by	O
ways	O
of	O
a	O
finite	O
set	O
of	O
human-generated	O
Mindpixels	B-General_Concept
:	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
can	O
answer	O
the	O
question	O
"	O
Is	O
the	O
sun	O
bigger	O
than	O
my	O
foot	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
other	O
words	O
,	O
the	O
MIST	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
test	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
not	O
as	O
a	O
suggestion	O
for	O
implementing	O
AI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
this	O
argument	O
,	O
a	O
human	O
's	O
judgment	O
of	O
a	O
Turing	O
test	O
is	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
the	O
ELIZA	B-General_Concept
effect	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
tendency	O
to	O
mistake	O
superficial	O
signs	O
of	O
intelligence	O
for	O
the	O
real	O
thing	O
,	O
anthropomorphizing	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
