[ExI] Turing test was passed in 1989

[Dave S]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 4:02 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> What an abusive chatbot teaches us about the art of conversation
> Tim Harford     28th April, 2022
>
> <
> https://timharford.com/2022/04/what-an-abusive-chatbot-teaches-us-about-the-art-of-conversation/
> >
>
> Quotes:
> But while MGonz was abusive, it was not a troll — it was a simple
> chatbot programmed by UCD undergrad Mark Humphrys that was left to
> lurk online while Humphrys went to the pub. The next day, Humphrys
> reviewed the chat logs in astonishment. His MGonz chatbot had passed
> the Turing test.
>

That's not one of the Turing test variations I'm familiar with.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test

-Dave
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