For those of you who are afraid of robot overlords, this probably isn’t the best article for you to read. A computer named Elbot achieved a 25% success rate when trying to convince a human being that they were conversing with another human. Simply put, Alan Turing, the father of the whole test, stated any artificial intelligence need only achieve a 30% success rate to be considered sentient. While Elbot can not officially be considered sentient, this is just another huge step in making computers who literally think and act just like humans. Where’s Isaac Asimov when you need him.

Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Robot, Sentient