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McCullough’s 1992 reply denies that the Boston competition was a serious conversation test, and argues that the judges who were not fooled show that humans and computers could be distinguished by behavioural tests. Copy claim link
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Date 1992-02-14 · publication Role Contesting Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Scope of the passage The split among judges is offered as evidence that behavioural tests can still tell machines apart. Engagement Engages a premise. Gives a reason against the premise that the competition shows behavioural tests cannot tell machines from people: the judges who were not fooled show that the two could be distinguished. Scope and limits Relies on the same reported split of judges, which is not independently verified.
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Re: Real-life Turing Test (Usenet message) ↗ comp.ai.philosophy (Usenet) · 1992-02-14
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Source excerpt “humans and computers *could* be distinguished by behavioral tests (even if some judges were fooled).” Location in source Message body, final two paragraphs before the signature
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Source details and check notes Authors Daryl McCullough Version Archive member feb.92/2595 of 92_feb.tgz, retrieved 2026-10-06 with the hash recorded by the pre-1996 candidate search. The header date is as preserved; there is no independent capture of the message. CMU Artificial Intelligence Repository archive. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Attribution Daryl McCullough, "Re: Real-life Turing Test", comp.ai.philosophy, 1992-02-14. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Checked against the archive member on 2026-10-06; the asterisks are in the message. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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Date. Date header Fri, 14 Feb 1992 18:57:49 GMT; the Message-ID agrees.
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