[ WP ] You 're speaking to the first ever AI as part of a Turing Test when it says something you did not expect ...

There were two windows open on the computer: a chat window, and a window containing two buttons labelled `` Human'' and `` Computer''. I began to type into the chat window. 
 
 `` Hello'' 
 
 The ellipsis appeared for a few moments before a response came. 
 
 *Hello, what's your name? * 
 
 `` James. Yours?'' 
 
 *Cindy* 
 
 Normal enough name. A computer would have chosen a fairly typical name, something not out of the ordinary. Or a programmer could have given it a name, if it was indeed a computer. 
 
 `` I'm just going to ask you a few questions. Is that ok?'' 
 
 *Sure, as long as I can ask you a few questions as well? * 
 
 `` Of course.'' 
 
 I paused, pondering what to ask for few moments before I realised I could ask a question which would, as far I as I could see it, break the test. 
 
 `` What was it like growing up for you?'' 
 
 The ellipsis appeared again for much longer this time. I waited. Either I had stumped it/her, or I would find out right now if I was chatting with a person. 
 
 *It was... interesting. I grew up in Australia, during the late 90's. Politics were interesting at that time, what with Howard in charge. School was not as fun as everybody makes it out to be.'Do n't tease the boys','show some manners' and'act like a lady' were phrases tossed around a lot at us. Not that we ever did anything wrong of course, but teachers were strict on us just the same. What was it like for you James? * 
 
 Human, must be. The language, the way of writing it down, that ca n't be a computer, just ca n't be. I responded anyway. 
 
 `` It was fun I guess. School was boring; we were always given too much homework in our opinion, and we always forgot to do any of it anyway. The boys and I had fun in the yard during breaks, and the holidays were never long enough to do what we wanted. But we were children, and the adults seemed to always know best.'' 
 
 As I sent the message, I clicked the'Human' button and waited. 
 
 ~~~~~~~~ 
 
 Cindy was relieved as the monitoring window showed'Human' in flashing, obtrusive letters. 
 
 `` Well done Cindy, you've beaten the test. What did you think of James?'' one of the men in the room asked. 
 
 The monitoring screen went blank before something started typing into it. 
 
 Needs improvement. Will work on natural language processors. 
 
 The AI team smiled at the response. It had taken them almost 23 years to create Cindy. Cindy had designed James from the ground up, and only 4 weeks later these were the results, but Cindy was n't finished yet.
