Fri, Sep 28, 2012 | 07:53 BST

UT3 bots score higher on Turing test than human players

Well, someone’s finally done it. Phys reports researchers at the University of Texas have created AI capable of passing a Turing test – fooling a human into believing they are interacting with another human. The computer scientists built a couple of Unreal Tournament 3 bots so lifelike that judges tagged both as human players 52% of the time – while actual human players usually manage about 42%. You know what that means, right? The singularity is coming. May our new machine overlords enjoy our feeble monkey efforts at fragging.

Thanks, Eurogamer.

6 comments

roadkill
28/09/12, 8:44 am

Oh that sound sweet! Also, really nice news picture Brenna!

OrbitMonkey
28/09/12, 8:50 am

Pat should employ them! VG247 needs better writers

Freek
28/09/12, 10:14 am

The Turing test involves natural conversation, not running around UT shooting a rocket launcher.

NiceFellow
28/09/12, 11:07 am

@3 correct. In fact this wasn’t a Turing test at all. The report I saw nicknamed it “the Turning test of gaming bots” which is a bit more accurate.

It’s an interesting result but the method they used is obvious and not at all the point of a Turing test – i.e. the bots were programmed to mimic the human players present in the match with them.

Clever result though nonetheless.

mad1723
28/09/12, 11:35 am

And it was UT2004 too, not UT3!

wheezal
28/09/12, 7:37 pm

i for one welcome our new robot overlords