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Turing Test Breakthrough as Super-Computer Becomes First to Convince US It's Human


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Eugene Goostman, a chatbot pretending to be a Ukrainian boy, successfully duped enough humans to pass the Turing test

A program that convinced humans it was a 13-year-old boy has become the first to pass the Turing Test.

Credit: Gizmag.com

A program that convinced humans it was a 13-year-old boy has become the first computer ever to pass the Turing Test.

The test—which requires that computers are indistinguishable from humans—is considered a landmark in the development of artificial intelligence, but academics have warned that the technology could be used for cybercrime.

Computing pioneer Alan Turing said that a computer could be understood to be thinking if it passed the test, which requires that a computer dupes 30 percent of human interrogators in five-minute text conversations.

Eugene Goostman, a computer program made by a team based in Russia, succeeded in a test conducted at the Royal Society in London. It convinced 33 percent of the judges it was human, said academics at the University of Reading, which organized the test.

 

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