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Turing Test:
Saturday, June 23rd, marks the 100th anniversary of Alan Turing’s birth – the father of modern computer science. He also created the Turing Test, which tests the ability of a machine to exhibit intelligent behavior. Each year, there’s a prize awarded to the most human-like computer. And this year’s prize went to Milwaukee computer programmer Mohan Embar.
Milwaukee programmer Mohan Embar won the 2012 Loebner competition for the most human computer.
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