This.
The Turing Test itself is an over-hyped "test" that is mainly famous because journalists and bloggers can easily explain it to a general audience... and perhaps, because it invokes a certain SkyNet-like spookiness.
After a brief review, this (WGU) actually sounds very promising. Fully accredited, work at your own pace, cheap (~$3,000 per 6-month term), liberal acceptance of transfer credits, acceptance of industry standard certifications for degree credit, credit given for anything/everything you can test out of, and an interesting non-traditional, non-class-based program of study. I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this one before. Thanks.
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This. The Turing Test itself is an over-hyped "test" that is mainly famous because journalists and bloggers can easily explain it to a general audience ... and perhaps, because it invokes a certain SkyNet-like spookiness.
After a brief review, this (WGU) actually sounds very promising. Fully accredited, work at your own pace, cheap (~$3,000 per 6-month term), liberal acceptance of transfer credits, acceptance of industry standard certifications for degree credit, credit given for anything/everything you can test out of, and an interesting non-traditional, non-class-based program of study. I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this one before. Thanks.