Attached Link: http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/scrapbook/test.html

In 1950 Alan Turing proposed the Turing Test as a criterion for artificial intelligence. In a text based environment (like the forums), if a computer could generate responses to other discussion members in such a way that it was believed to be a human respondent, it would qualify as artificially intelligent. So, do tjames and Crescent and dialyn and Shoshanna and mysteri and jstro and jagill really exist? Maybe some of them don't have pictures on their homepages because they don't have any pictures? Jagill even dropped a hint about being a cyborg a while back. Shana - you brought up the issue of screen names and the reality behind them, or perhaps not behind them? That's what the poem is all about. When I started hanging out more often in the forum, I started to see the different personalities behind the responses and the screen names. But there is still a barrier to reality in forum discussions. Without the face-to-face communication, much is lost. Linking to the homepages reveals some information about some of us, but incomplete information in many cases. And even if it were complete, would it necessarily be true? Who are the entities, the intellects, the PEOPLE behind the shades and voices here in the Renderosity Writer's Forum? Joe P.S. Do I pass the test?