Turing test passed by a computer is making headlines as it is the first time a computer has been able to pass the test. A Turing test passed by a computer has been impossible before as computers before didn't have the mechanical ability or intelligence to mimic the behaviour of a human being, let alone a teenager.
According to The Telegraph, the Turing test passed by a computer is the first time that a machine convinced its users that it is human. The machine which duped a human and had the Turing test passed was reportedly a ''super computer'', and not only did it trick its users into thinking it was human, it made them believe that it was a 13-year-old boy. According to experts, this is the first machine which had the "iconic" Turing test passed.
In order for machine-kind to achieve the milestone of the Turing test passed by a super computer, five machines have been tested first at the Royal Society in central London. The testers wanted to find out if people could be fooled into thinking that the machines were humans by using text-based conversations.
According to the website Polygon, the Turing test passed by a super computer now has been devised way back in 1950. It was Alan Turing, a computer science pioneer and Second World War codebreaker who first believed that if a machine was identical to a human, then it was ''thinking''.
Before the Turing test passed today, no computer has ever before accomplished it, as organisers from the University of Reading said that the test requires 30 per cent of human interrogators to be fooled for a series of five-minute keyboard conversations.
The first computer programme to be used in order for the Turing test passed was reportedly called ''Eugene Goostman.'' The programme has been developed to replicate the intellect of a 13-year-old boy, said NBC News. The university said thatbBecause of the programme's ability, it has managed to persuade 33 per cent of the Turing test judges that it was human.
University of Reading Professor Kevin Warwick said, ''In the field of artificial intelligence there is no more iconic and controversial milestone than the Turing Test. It is fitting that such an important landmark has been reached at the Royal Society in London, the home of British science and the scene of many great advances in human understanding over the centuries. This milestone will go down in history as one of the most exciting.''
The successful machine which had the Turing Test passed was created by Russian-born Vladimir Veselov and Ukrainian Eugene Demchenko. Veselov currently lives in the United States, while Demchenko is living in Russia.
Veselov said of his Turing test passed by a super computer, ''It's a remarkable achievement for us and we hope it boosts interest in artificial intelligence and chatbots.''
Meanwhile, Prof Warwick said other claims have also been made about the Turing test passed by other competitions around the world. He said, ''A true Turing Test does not set the questions or topics prior to the conversations. We are therefore proud to declare that Alan Turing's test was passed for the first time.''
As such, the Turing test passed by a super computer with high artificial intelligence had ''implications for society'' and should serve as a warning sign and ''wake-up call to cybercrime'', said Prof Warwick.
Turing test passed by a super computer event occurred on Saturday, on the 60th anniversary of the death of Mr Turing, the man who laid the foundations of modern computing.
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