Test explores if robots can think
An experiment has been taking place in Berkshire to see if robots are capable of intelligent thought.
Scientists at the University of Reading tested five machines to see if they could pass themselves off as humans in text-based conversations with people.
The test was devised in 1950 by British Mathematician Alan Turing, who said that if a machine was indistinguishable from a human, then it was “thinking”.
One robot, Elbot, came close on Sunday by reaching 5% below the pass mark.
No robot has ever passed the Turing Test, which requires the robot to fool 30% of its human interrogators.