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Turing test
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Definition of Turing test
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: a test of whether a machine can hold a text conversation so well that a person cannot reliably tell it apart from a human
- Modern chatbots pass casual versions of the Turing test every day.
- Many researchers now see the Turing test as a test of imitation, not intelligence.
Origin & history
first known use1950
Proposed by mathematician Alan Turing in his 1950 paper 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence', where he called it the 'imitation game'.
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"Turing test." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/turing-test/. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.
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