Every year, computer scientists gather for a Turing test, in which judges ask questions via instant messaging to a group of subjects who are secured anonymously at another location. Some of the subjects are real people, and others are artificial intelligence programs. The intent is to trick the judges into believing the AI is a real human (or that the real humans are AI programs), and though that milestone has not yet been reached, the program that does the most convincing job is annually awarded the Most Human Computer Award, and the human who convinces the most judges of their humanity is named the Most Human Human.
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