That claim that a computer ‘passed’ the Turing Test was crap – and here’s why

This week, the tech world went ever so slightly crazy with excitement at news that a supercomputer had, for the first time, achieved what some believed might never be possible: it had passed the Turing Test. A remarkable machine had somehow managed to convince humans – real, live people with functioning brains – that it too was a human, through typed conversation. 33% of the judges who assessed its capabilities were apparently convinced.