{"id":1057,"date":"2014-06-09T10:04:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T15:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2014-06-09T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T15:33:53","slug":"in-turing-test-ulaf-silchoiv-fails-to-convince-judges-he-is-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1057\/in-turing-test-ulaf-silchoiv-fails-to-convince-judges-he-is-human","title":{"rendered":"In Turing Test, VC&#038;G writer Ulaf Silchov Fails to Convince Judges He is Human"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='\/wp-content\/ulaf_headshot_small.jpg' alt='Ulaf Silchov' class=\"alignright\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/category\/regular_features\/ulaf-silchov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ulaf Silchov<\/a>, our resident Ukranian computer and video game expert, recently decided to volunteer as the human control in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/jun\/09\/eugene-person-human-computer-robot-chat-turing-test\" target=\"_blank\">recent Turing test<\/a> conducted at the University of Reading in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem?  Everyone thought he was a computer.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an excerpt of one of his conversations with a judge:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Judge: Hi, I&#8217;m Cathy.<\/p>\n<p>Entity: CATHY!  THE NAME OF A WOMANS.<\/p>\n<p>Judge: Yes, I&#8217;m a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Entity: WHAT IS A WOMANS, REALLY? BUT A MANS WITH THE UNSTOPPABLE THIRST FOR KRELBS.<\/p>\n<p>Judge: Right. What is your name?<\/p>\n<p>Entity: WHAT IS YOUR NAMES?<\/p>\n<p>Judge: I&#8217;m Cathy, remember?<\/p>\n<p>Entity: THAT IS NOT A REAL NAMES.<\/p>\n<p>Judge: Yes, it is.  At least where I come from.  What is your name?<\/p>\n<p>Entity: ULAF HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE NAMES ULAF IN UKRAINE, BUT FRIENDS CALL ULAF &#8220;ULAF&#8221; FOR SHORTS IN SVADLOST.<\/p>\n<p>Judge: Nice name. Are you from either area?<\/p>\n<p>Entity: THE AREA OF A TRIANGLES BECOMES THE HYPOTENUSE&#8230;ULAF FORGET.<\/p>\n<p>Judge: Uh huh.  How could you forget something so important?<\/p>\n<p>Entity: NO, ULAF NOT IMPORTENT.  ULAF HAVE AT LEAST 3.5 CHILDRENS (ONE HALF SIZED).<\/p>\n<p>Judge: That&#8217;s a very personal issue. What&#8217;s your specialty?<\/p>\n<p>Entity: ULAF FORGET TO ASK WHERE EITHER OF YOUR MINDS ARE FROM.<\/p>\n<p>Judge: The universe and you?<\/p>\n<p>Entity: ULAF, ALSO, BECOMES FROM THE STUFF OF STARS, AS THE MIND OF CARLOS SAGAN ONCE TOLD.<\/p>\n<p>Judge: Do you have any hobbies?<\/p>\n<p>Entity: NO TIMES TO TALK NOW, RUSSIANS KARUMPING ON THE DOOR OF ULAF.  REMEMBER, THIS IS ULAF SAYING, &#8220;BE THE MASTER.&#8221; *END TRANSMISSION*<\/p>\n<p>Judge: I&#8217;m still here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ulaf Silchov, our resident Ukranian computer and video game expert, recently decided to volunteer as the human control in a recent Turing test conducted at the University of Reading in the UK. The only problem? Everyone thought he was a computer. Here is an excerpt of one of his conversations with a judge: Judge: Hi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,21,27,33,10],"tags":[858,857,771,856,215],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-info-and-history","category-news-current-events","category-regular_features","category-ulaf-silchov","category-computers","tag-alan-turing","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-news","tag-turing-test","tag-ulaf-silchov"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}