The supercomputer that passed the Turing Test by fooling a third of judges in a panel by convincing them that they talked to a 13-year-old boy has been grilled by the BBC presenter John Humphrys. The veteran interviewer was not at all satisfied by the way the supercomputer responded to his questions. It was really strange to know that 'Eugene Goostman' failed to impress Humphrys as it created headlines for becoming the first machine to pass the Turing Test earlier this week.
The BBC presenter asked the supercomputer questions on topics, including his hobbies, appearance and the crisis in Ukraine. But, the computer was not able to understand question correctly and repeated answers.
When the software was run on the supercomputer at the Royal Society in central London, 33% of interrogators failed to recognize the computer, but the conversation between Humphrys Eugene was not a success. Humphrys got so ridiculed that he abruptly ended the conversation saying that he would rather like to talk to human beings.
Humphrys asked Eugene during the interview on the Today program about whose simulated nationality is Ukranian and whether or not the government in Kiev or in Moscow was supported by him. But the reply of Eugene made it clear that it did not understand the question. The reply was, "All Russian cities especially St Petersburg are famous for beautiful historical buildings, cathedrals and castles. Unfortunately they don't have enough money to keep them in a good state or at least clean".
Eugene also gave same answer for two different questions. Humphrys asked him whether he liked girls, and it replied saying that it only likes attractive girls and all the girls in its class are either fat or pimpled. When it was asked about what it liked apart from mixing with girls, it gave the same answer that it likes only attractive girls and so on.
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