Turing test beaten for first time

A "super computer" has convinced human interrogators into thinking it was a 13-year-old boy and in doing so, become the first machine to pass the Turing test. No computer had ever previously passed the Turing test, which requires 30% of human interrogators to be duped during a series of five-minute keyboard conversations. "Eugene Goostman", a computer programme developed to simulate a 13-year-old boy, managed to convince 33% of the judges that it was human.

Read more: www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/08/super-computer-simulates-13-year-old-boy-passes-turing-test