*Note: in 1AC CX make sure to ask them to define some

terms, and when they ask for explanation of the arg just
say that we reverse turing tested them and they spouted
off the same old debate jargon proving that they have
become machines of debate.
Interpretation: All debaters must be organic intelligence
Violation: We administered a turing test to you, and you
failed
Vote neg for fairness and education- the singularity is
coming- try or die for removing robots from debate
Stvel 12. Sybren A. "Person or computer: could you pass the Turing Test?" May 2,
2012 4.34pm EDT
http://theconversation.com/person-or-computer-could-you-pass-the-turing-test-6769
mkultra
Some early attempts at Turing Test programs pointed out both the promise and the
perils of this enterprise. In 1966, computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum created a
program, known as ELIZA, which identified keywords in text typed by a human, and
then responded with some sort of clever but enquiring response, in the style of a
psychologist interviewing a patient. Although some subjects were genuinely surprised to
discover the psychologist was a computer, to more sceptical testers its weaknesses
quickly became evident. The present authors do remember enjoying playing with it when
personal computers first allowed for relaxed therapy sessions. Progress in the field
languished somewhat during the 70s and 80s, but since 1991 there has been an annual
Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence in which ELIZAs children now called chatbots compete to pass the Turing test. Two recent advances have dramatically
enhanced interest: 1) the ready availability of many terabytes of
data, from technical documents on every conceivable topic to the growing personal
databases of lifeloggers 2) sophisticated statistical (computational and
mathematical) techniques for organising and classifying this data
This technology was perhaps brought to the public eye most effectively with the recent
defeat of two champion human contestants on the American quiz show Jeopardy! by an
IBM-developed computer system known as Watson. The video below is illustrative.
Watson is now rapidly moving into specialisations for medicine and voice recognition,
among other things. IBM clearly views Apples intelligent personal assistant Siri,
available with the iPhone 4S, as a main target of competition. Meanwhile Google and
AT&T are working on similar systems, according to a recent UK report. Among other
things, Watson-type technology offers amazing opportunities as an intelligent assistant
for mathematical research and other specialist fields both for use by specialists and
outsiders. So far no computer system has passed the Turing test, according to the strict
rules of the Loebner Prize competition, but they are getting close.