About whether language models fooling some people means they are close to passing the Turing test.
Has this happened?
Yes 24 (21%)Not sure 29 (25%)No 64 (55%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether language models fooling some people means they are close to passing the Turing test.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
A minority of the population will always be gullible and easily fooled. So what. Some people were already fooled by the original ELIZA program back in 1966. I would only count a Turing test pass if it can convince a jury of multiple educated examiners after a conversation lasting several hours.