The Turing Test, named for mathematician Alan Turing, is a kind of conceptual benchmark for artificial intelligence; one in which an artificial intelligence must be indistinguishable from a human in a conversation. That doesn’t mean that the voice simply sounds human, but that it is able to answer questions, make observations, and deliver instructions as a human would. It’s a deceptively tall order for engineers and robotics gurus to fill, but it looks that we may be on the eve of doing just that.
