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http://www.washingtonpost.com/...rk-trial/?tid=pm_pop

Big deal. I frequently have trouble convincing people I'm not a thirteen year old boy.
 
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The NPR report on this was a bit more skeptical. Also, they only had to convince 30% of the judges.
 
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When you are allowed to give your program a back story to account for the illogic and inconsistency, it isn't a proper test. Why not just say that the respondent is a ten year old boy with severe ADHD and tourettes syndrome? Then any sudden non sequiturs can be blamed on the ADHD and the occasional swearword can be thrown in when the machine can't parse your answer.


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Agreed. The test regulations should insist that the respondent is an 'average' person with an 'average' education and knowledge of the world.


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
 
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That's a good point, too, Bob.
 
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