Turing Test

AlanTuring?'s very human test for seeing when ArtificialIntelligence has been achieved. If/when it comes to pass, it would be a very interesting FirstContact (anyone know of a ScienceFiction story like this?).

Doubt about the relevance of the Turing test: http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~humphrys/turing.test.html#discussion

The LongNow? bet on a computer passing the Turing test before 2029: http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0373.html?printable=1

Humans - God's attempt to pass the Turing test.

see TheNextSingularity