Zummy Passes Turing Test

I laughed out loud when I heard this. Mike Perry of linuxos.org fame writes the following

"Not only is this great Linux PR, not only is this www.linuxos.org PR, not only is this #LinuxOS PR, but it is Zummy PR! For those who do not frequent #LinuxOS, Zummy is an AI Q/A bot that apparently just passed the Turin Test (that is,to carry on a conversation with a human in a subject that that human posseses knowlege about, without that human realizing that the program is not human). This article from Sm@rtReseller January 26, 1998 (pages 82, and 83) quotes Zummy and one other channel member as Linux consultants. In the author's defense, he may have done this deliberately to prevent people from harassing or K-lining Zummy."