A computer just passed the Turing Test in landmark trial

A chat session during the Turing test at the University of Reading. The test is based on the simple proposition that human beings are intelligent, and if a machine can imitate a human, then the machine, too, would have to be considered intelligent A chat session during the Turing test at the University of Reading. … Read more

A computer just passed the Turing Test in landmark trial

A computer program called Eugene Goostman, which simulates a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy, is said to have passed the Turing test at an event organised by the University of Reading. The test investigates whether people can detect if they are talking to  A computer program called Eugene Goostman, which simulates a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy, is said … Read more

A computer just passed the Turing Test in landmark trial

This standard is called the Turing test, so named for for the computer scientist Alan Turing, and since 1950 it's been the foremost standard by which artificial intelligence is judged. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately, depending on your views of The Turing Test is a fascinating philosophical concept. How we judge “intelligence” has been a philosophical … Read more