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Turing's Original Test Played First Time Ever

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the for-the-smart-people-in-the-audience dept.

aykroyd writes "Students at Simon's Rock College conducted the original test that Turing suggested in his 1950 paper, Computing Machinery and Intelligence. Often misunderstood, the Turing Test has never actually been conducted as laid out in his paper. The experiment utilized a program called A.L.I.C.E., which is designed to hold one end of an interactive conversation. The program was provided by the ALICE Artificial Intelligence Foundation. Dr. Richard Wallace, who was on hand during the experiment to troubleshoot the AI robot, later gave a lecture about it called "The Anatomy of A.L.I.C.E." and also blogged the event."

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  1. ALICE versus Allyson by arbitraryaardvark · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot readers might enjoy a little more research on this story... Alison's photo album. She's 18, about to start her phd, takes classes in GEB for fun, and looks like this:
    link
    http://www.chemicallace.com/gallery/March16%2C20 04 /march162004_6
    She is aka smileloki.

  2. Mod Parent up, he's the researcher by Phoenixhunter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I never seem to have any points when I need'm...