A supercomputer programme has passed the 65-year-old iconic Turing Test in London for the first time in history, after it managed to fool 33% of the human judges into thinking that it was a 13-year-old boy.
Eugene Goostman — a computer programme that simulates a 13-year-old boy was developed in Saint Petersburg.
The Turing Test held at the renowned Royal Society in London investigates whether people can detect if they are talking to machines or humans.
If a computer is mistaken for a human more than 30% of the time during a series of five minute keyboard conversations it passes the test.
No computer has ever achieved this, until now.
