[LINK] web: Computer simulating 13-year-old boy becomes first to pass Turing test | Tec ...

[Kim Holburn]

It only convinced 33% of the judges, so not a complete pass.

I always remember a story Robert Ornstein told in one of his books: he was asked to be on a Turing test panel and he asked the "computer":  "Why don't you come round here and give me a kiss?"  


On 2014/Jun/09, at 9:04 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:

> OK, this seems possible, but I'd like to see how an unknown set of 
> questions from a panel would determine that this was or wasn't a real 
> 13 y.o. boy. Anyone have more detail on how this test was actually 
> conducted? According to the article, they test 3 machines. That means 
> there wasn't a control -- e.g. a REAL 13 yo boy.
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>      http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/08/super-computer-simulates-13-year-old-boy-passes-turing-test
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