Can machines think? Humans match wits

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A 'Turing Test' competition, sponsored by Boston's Computer Museum, was held in Boston on Friday, Nov 8, 1991. A Turing Test, first proposed in 1950 by Alan M. Turing, is a way to test a machine for human-like intelligence. Turing suggested that if a person is not able to tell whether a machine or a human is communicating from a remote terminal, for practical purposes, such a communicating machine can be described as intelligent. The test in Boston, which took three hours, involved several judges. A $1,500 prize was awarded for a program called PC Therapist III, written by Joseph Weintraub of Thinking Software Inc. Philanthropist Hugh Loebner, with the support of the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloane Foundation, has offered $100,000 for a generalized, convincing computerized system that meets the requirements of a Turing Test.

Research, Usage, Computers, Product information, Digital computers, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Machine theory, Competitions, Artificial intelligence, Tests, Cognitive science, Turing, Alan Mathison, Computer Systems, Comparison, Human Factors, Testing, Scientific Research, Computer Museum, Thinking Software Inc., PC Therapist 3.0 (Computer game)

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Microsoft's unlikely millionaires

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Many of the original employees of Microsoft Corp, drawn to the company by its exciting start-up atmosphere, have become wealthy through stock options as a result of the software firm's enormous success. Few of them have made major changes in their lifestyles; many have not bought a house, and they do not ride in chauffered limousines or belong to country clubs. The new 'Microsoft millionaires' tend to be visionaries who work 16-hour days to advance the operating-systems and application-program technologies developed by the company. A recent study indicates that at least 2,200 of the 11,000 Microsoft employees became millionaires and that some are worth more than $3 million, but Microsoft officials argue that there are only about 500 such people. Microsoft millionaires tend to be low-key; several individuals are profile.d

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Officials and employees, Computer software industry, Software industry, Microsoft Corp., Compensation and benefits, Computer programmers, MSFT, Wages and salaries, Employee benefits, Salary, Programmer, Stockholder

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