Response by Ray Kurzweil to the Announcement of Chatbot Eugene Goostman Passing the Turing Test
Ray Kurzweil may think that he has a good shot at living forever, but he doesn’t think a chat bot passed the Turing test. Here’s his explanation of why the much-hyped result from London’s Royal Society this week doesn’t mean machines can be considered intelligent yet.
—Tom Simonite, senior editor, IT
The Eccentric Genius Whose Time May Have Finally Come (Again)
Norbert Wiener’s warnings on automation are worth revisiting.
—Brian Bergstein, deputy editor
Putting Time in Perspective
All our yesterdays: Terrific graphic showing time scales of human presence on planet.
—Antonio Regalado, senior editor, business
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