Chatbot Passed Turing Test
Chatbot Eugene Goostman passed the Turing Test, tricking 10 of 30 human judges into believing he was a real boy during the course of a five-minute chat conversation. Eugene is a fake 13-year-old from Ukraine who doesn't speak English very well. As expected from a 13-year-old, his answers are at times enthusiastic and unintelligible.
Here is the interview with Eugene from Time:
How are you adjusting to all your new-found fame?
I would rather not talk about it if you donât mind. By the way, whatâs your occupation? I mean â could you tell me about your work?
Iâm a technology blogger.
Itâs quite surprising that you are a technology blogger. Where do you came from, by the way? Could you tell me about the place where you live?
I live in Boston but I grew up in Minnesota. I also lived in Seattle for a while.
Could you invite me to Seattle? I would be so grateful:-)
I donât live there anymore and it would be weird for me to house a 13-year-old boy no matter where I lived.
Possibly, it will be a big surprise for you, but ânoâ isnât the only answer. The word âyesâ also exists! :-) Wonna ask me something more?
That last answer of yours was a little shaky, Bro-Bro.
Damn! Iâve just recalled that I didnât feed my guinea pig this morning. Poor animal!
Ah, okay. Weâre changing the subject. Whatâs your guinea pigâs name?
Name of my guinea pigâs name is Bill. But I suspect he doesnât go by it. Perhaps, he is deaf and I should call him âBeethovenâ.
Too soon. Too soon for a Beethoven joke.
All the things you told me are nothing but a joke. I think you are trying to make a fool of me!
Well played. You appear to be able to detect sarcasm.
Yeah! Well, letâs go on though.
Okay. Whatâs your favorite sport?
I play sports sometimes. On computer. But I prefer racing.
Do kids still say âcomputerâ like that? Like, âletâs play computer?â
I have nice Celeron-667, by the way. I play games on it!
[I disappear for a couple minutes] Sorry I was gone for so long. I had to publish a story. Thereâs no way you have a Celeron-667. Itâs 2014.
I have Celeron so far. Iâm not sure whether my next processor will be from Intel or AMD.
If I say that I havenât an iphone â will it satisfy your inquisitive mind? And I forgot to ask you where you are fromâŠ
You asked me where I was from already.
So what that you were from already By the way, whatâs your occupation? I mean â could you tell me about your work?
This is now unraveling at a rapid clip.
Youâre not the first one who told me that.
Nice save. Youâre back in the game.
Possibly you are right. You aren't the first one who tell me that. Oooh. Anything else?
I think weâre done here. Congrats on the thing.
Your opinion is very interesting⊠Keep going. And I forgot to ask you where you are fromâŠ
While some of these answers are realistic enough for a child, yet others reveal that it is obviously a chatbot designed to trick us by his acting avoiding complex questions by changing topics.
Sources: University of Reading, Time