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Inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to create the modern economic world

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Have computers finally passed the Turing test, convincing us they themselves are human?

Have computers finally passed the Turing test, convincing us that they themselves are human? And what does this teach us about business, politics – and the art of conversation?

Have computers finally passed the Turing test? Some computers claim to have passed the Turing test – convincing humans that they themselves are human. Tim Harford asks what the Turing test really signifies. How do computers try to pass it, and what does this have to teach us about business, politics – and the art of conversation itself?

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More inventions, ideas and innovations that helped to create the modern economic world.

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