First let me elaborate what exactly is Turing Test?
In this test, one machine and human participate in same kind of test and the result would be evaluated by another human evaluator. Evaluator would be unaware of the identities when evaluating those test and if somehow machine exhibits exceptionally intelligent behavior then it can led the human evaluator to think its actually human.
Recently Google AI named DUPLEX conducted same kind of test at Google’s yearly developer conference.
Test 1 - Appointment for Hair Saloon
Test was carried out via phone call to book an appointment for hair saloon and the whole exact conversation initiated like this:
Duplex AI
Hi, I’m calling to book a woman’s hair cut appointment for a client, um, I’m looking for something on May third?
Call Attendant then asked to wait for a moment to which following response was given by Duplex
Mmm-hmm.
Eventually it was able to successfully book an appointment after choosing from various options.
Test 2 - Table Reservation at a Restaurant
Implications
Both of these successfully conducted indicates how fast domains of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning is progressing. No wonder these AIs can ease up daily routine tasks but eventually everything has a price. Age of Technology does not believe in magic but denying something does not means its does not exist. With current rate of progression in AI, in coming few years, lines between reality and fantasy will be blurred and we will not be able to easily judge what's real anymore. Holograms and Augmented Reality are perfect examples of that. Obviously major portion of humans will prefer to live in fantasy world by disconnecting from the real one.