Turing triumph.

• Author: Mangu-Ward, Katherine
• Position: Briefly Noted - Turing Test's Most Human Computer - Brief article

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Computer programmers spar for the title of the Most Human Computer in an annual staging of the Turing Test, named after the pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, Human judges chat with computers and people for five minutes, then try to decide which is which.

Less well known is a second award handed out at the same yearly event: the Most Human Human. In a somewhat selfindulgent but nonetheless fascinating book, the poet/ geek Brian Christian describes his quest for the latter title. The Most Human Human (Doubleday) offers juicy, meandering...