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Chatbot Eugene Wins Biggest Turing Test Ever

Posted by Soulskill on from the it'd-be-easy-to-win-over-xbox-live dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Eugene Goostman, a chatbot imbued with the personality of a 13-year-old boy, won the biggest Turing test ever staged on 23 June, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing. Held at Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes, UK, where Turing cracked the Nazi Enigma code during World War 2, the test involved over 150 separate conversations, 30 judges, 25 hidden humans and five elite, chattering software programs. 'Thirteen years old is not too old to know everything and not too young to know nothing,' explains Eugene's creator, Vladimir Veselov."

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  1. What? by OverlordQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    My convo:

    Me: Are you a bot?
    It: . I'm real
    Me: No you're not.
    It: Really? Oh, you always say banalities in the way like you present a sensation! By the way, what's your occupation? I mean - could you tell me about your work?

    Totally a 13 year old.

    --
    Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
    1. Re:What? by SecurityTheatre · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Q: Hi!
      A: Greetings! What would you like to talk about?
      Q: I don't know, but I do like tests.
      A: You should make up your mind, then. Could you tell me about your job, by the way?
      Q: Lets focus on the Turing Test.
      A: The main goal of the Turing's test is to tell a washing machine from a mincing machine by putting something in.
      Q: Woah, have you studied Turing at University or something like that?
      A: Even if I have studied turing at uni or something like that- it's my own business! I know you are supposed to trick me.
      Q: Wait, what year are you in school?
      A: It was 2012 since morning!
      Q: How old are you?
      A: I'm thirteen.
      Q: Then what would you know about university?
      A: Sincerely I know nothing. But I'd like to know more. Tell me something. Did I forget it or you really haven't told me about the place you are from?

      I can't believe this fooled 29 percent of people. How dumb are they?

    2. Re:What? by arth1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Took me one question to mark it as a bot.

      Me (after seeing the picture): Can I haz UR glasses?

      Bot: Am I really glasses? But well, no time for arguing now! Could you enlighten me with any other hidden knowledge about myself? :-))) I know you are supposed to trick me.

      I'd have expected "fuck no", "lolwut?" and quite a few other responses, but the above drivel? Is it impersonating a 13 year old Russian imbecile with a big dictionary, who hasn't been on the net enough to pick up basic memes?

    3. Re:What? by arth1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Q: Pro is to con as progress is to ?
      A: Sorry, I don't know much about Con.

      Bzzzt.

      I can't believe this fooled 29 percent of people. How dumb are they?

      Eugene: Very amusing! You believe this fooled 29 percent of human-beings how dumb are they! I do not even know what to tell you on that!

      My answer: There is no limit to how stupid people are. When a computer passes a Turing test, it won't be because computers have become smarter, but because humans have become idiots who can't find their arse with a map, because they can't even read a map.

  2. 13 yr old... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My chatbot also does a convincing 13 year old. It just calls you a fag and claims to have done your mother non stop.

  3. Best way to defeat a turing test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I always start like this:

    Me: Are you alive?
    Bot: Yes.
    Me: Are you alive?
    Bot: YES.
    Me: Are you alive?
    Bot: (answer depends on algorithm)
    Me: Am I real?
    Bot: I think therefore I am?
    Me: Am I real?
    Bot: I don't know, are you?
    Me: Am I real?
    Bot: (answer depends on algorithm)

    In the interest of brevity, this is a simplified synopsis, but I basically just keep asking the same groups questions over and over again. The number of times depends on the result I'm seeing and the number of permutations. Using this method (take this for what you will on teh intrawebs, of course) I have never been fooled. Machines are too predictable.