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Was Turing Test Legitimately Beaten, Or Just Cleverly Tricked?

Posted by timothy on from the in-this-case-please-distinguish dept.

beaker_72 (1845996) writes "On Sunday we saw a story that the Turing Test had finally been passed. The same story was picked up by most of the mainstream media and reported all over the place over the weekend and yesterday. However, today we see an article in TechDirt telling us that in fact the original press release was just a load of hype. So who's right? Have researchers at a well established university managed to beat this test for the first time, or should we believe TechDirt who have pointed out some aspects of the story which, if true, are pretty damning?" Kevin Warwick gives the bot a thumbs up, but the TechDirt piece takes heavy issue with Warwick himself on this front.

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  1. Re:I see. by RDW · · Score: 4, Funny

    But seriously, yes, it was 'legitimately beaten', just like it's been 'legitimately beaten' in times past, going back to ELIZA in the 60s.

    How does that make you feel?

  2. Re:I see. by NatasRevol · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't answer that right now.

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    There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
  3. Re:but that's the problem with the turing test... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have a program passing the Turing test simulating a catatonic human to a degree where more than 80% of all judges cannot tell the difference.

    Once you stipulate side conditions like that, the idea falls apart.

  4. Re:but that's the problem with the turing test... by TheCarp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please tell me more about like something a chatbot would say.

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    "I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"