Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.044 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.91; '*S*': 0.00; 'responding': 0.07; "people's": 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; '>>': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'passes': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; '>': 0.26; 'post': 0.26; 'certain': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'clever': 0.31; "d'aprano": 0.31; 'steven': 0.31; 'running': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; 'knows': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'controls': 0.36; 'does': 0.39; 'enough': 0.39; 'our': 0.64; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'nobody': 0.68; 'bot': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=IHDZEdHGJlo8eZuTdtZQkWTHPKFCsmQWlFkYpHE1EF8=; b=LNyspqcsm1L7NQ8h2ChlEbvaffoOmLJ2n64uASLqxbhVPDy2LLdSdyxdFUvrCM0caO hT1eionWNkTCqJmEaVaI4rnVtKNaOoMxodq9lEMGxy6VgclzNaV6wu7e1eLPBCOKBINg Uvz7E9Sn1ryf22q+lr1qsjYl502CpYZNe/VZ3ojUydUgevwBh/I+PtW+5UJ5sOXaQROq LcD+4mwjBgjvKYemZF5JgKg0x2w4waBUIC6nzh5tUGhfeR+uA+wkOozs7aZgEOnQemxu 4+He7AgDiRSJbyBGGcBaW+T3bgiTA3WnLlaI/S4xCl24bAs2HbZiRcHRiw0S6FHcESpd BkTQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.49.60.7 with SMTP id d7mr51908714qer.82.1373928842558; Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:54:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <51E3F0A0.9060001@Gmail.com> References: <571a6dfe-fd66-42cf-92fc-8b97cbe6e9e4@googlegroups.com> <51DFDE65.5040001@Gmail.com> <51e0e7aa$0$9505$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <9a97b618-3e80-4149-9155-14fb210a0758@googlegroups.com> <51e3ecbd$0$9505$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <51E3F0A0.9060001@Gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 23:54:02 +0100 Subject: Re: Dihedral From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?F=E1bio_Santos?= To: Devyn Collier Johnson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b67625e9b80bf04e194bc5e Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 39 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1373928846 news.xs4all.nl 15963 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33348 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:50715 --047d7b67625e9b80bf04e194bc5e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > On 07/15/2013 08:36 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> >> Devyn, >> >> 88888 Dihedral is our resident bot, not a human being. Nobody knows who >> controls it, and why they are running it, but we are pretty certain that >> it is a bot responding mechanically to keywords in people's posts. >> >> It's a very clever bot, but still a bot. About one post in four is >> meaningless jargon, the other three are relevant enough to fool people >> into thinking that maybe it is a human being. It had me fooled for a long >> time. >> Does this mean he passes the Turing test? --047d7b67625e9b80bf04e194bc5e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1


> On 07/15/2013 08:36 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>
>> Devyn,
>>
>> 88888 Dihedral is our resident bot, not a human being. Nobody knows who
>> controls it, and why they are running it, but we are pretty certain that
>> it is a bot responding mechanically to keywords in people's posts.
>>
>> It's a very clever bot, but still a bot. About one post in four is
>> meaningless jargon, the other three are relevant enough to fool people
>> into thinking that maybe it is a human being. It had me fooled for a long
>> time.
>>

Does this mean he passes the Turing test?

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