Response by Ray Kurzweil to chatbot Eugene Goostman “passing the Turing test”
This is a nicely written and clear explanation of why the announcement by the University of Reading is bullshit. In fact, it is was more than they deserve. Way more.<p>I would suggest shunning them is the right response.<p>The University of Reading is, of course, the august institution behind:<p><a href="http://blog.jgc.org/2010/05/inside-rfid-virus.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.jgc.org/2010/05/inside-rfid-virus.html</a><p><a href="http://blog.jgc.org/2006/12/midas-number-or-why-divide-by-zero.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.jgc.org/2006/12/midas-number-or-why-divide-by-ze...</a>