The Turing Test

June 9, 2014 5:52 AM

"Eugene Goostman", a computer program developed to simulate a 13-year-old boy, has reported passed the Turing Test. The successful machine was created by Russian-born Vladimir Veselov, who lives in the United States, and Ukrainian Eugene Demchenko, who lives in Russia. The researchers have placed the program online, (the site is struggling with the high traffic).

Read Turing's original paper on the subject here. Also check out the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on the Turing Test.

posted by spaltavian (3 comments total)

Colour me unimpressed. Reading the transcripts of previous conversations with this system, and assuming they are representative of the recent test, I cannot imagine how the 33% of judges who fell for it were convinced. I might change my mind when I see the transcript of this test but I doubt it. And oh look, notorious self-publicist Prof Kevin Warwick is all over it too.
posted by GallonOfAlan at 5:56 AM on June 9, 2014 [1 favorite]

Oh, THAT Eugene Goostman.
posted by Curious Artificer at 5:58 AM on June 9, 2014

This is a double isn't it?
posted by saulgoodman at 5:58 AM on June 9, 2014