Ebert test Ebert test The Ebert test gauges whether a computer-based synthesized voice can tell a joke with sufficient skill to cause people to laugh. It was proposed by film critic Roger Ebert at the 2011 TED conference as a challenge to software developers to have a computerized voice master the inflections, delivery, timing, and intonations of a speaking human. The test is similar to the Turing test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 as a way to gauge a computer's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior by generating performance indistinguishable from a human being. Ebert lost his voice after surgery to treat
The Turing Test (video game) for a further year. Creative producer Howard Philpott cited Croteam's 2014 puzzle game, "The Talos Principle", as a reference point for the progression of introducing new gameplay mechanics in "The Turing Test". The game was published by Square Enix as part of their indie initiative, Square Enix Collective. The game was released for Windows and the Xbox One video game console on 30 August 2016. The PlayStation 4 version was released on 23 January 2017. "The Turing Test" received "generally favourable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. The Turing Test (video game) The Turing Test is a first-person puzzle video