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Week 2: Article Critique The article I choose was the Turing test which was a subdivision of Artificial Intelligence. This article can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test. The Turing test article describes a test that was designed by a very well-known computer science Alan Turing. This Turing test is designed to analyze a machine’s ability to be indistinguishable between a human and computer. The Turing test observed if humans could be fooled by a computer by the computer generating responses of a “human”. The Turing test basically seeks to answer the question of can computer think? Later, Turing rephrased the question to would computers do well in the imitation game? The article has great length and is broken down to the many aspects that overall explain the Turing test including key elements: History, Strengths, and Weaknesses. This article encompasses all the necessary information to delve into the understanding of the Turing test. All the facts are represented with an appropriate, reliable source. Some weaknesses of this article were its numerous amounts of unnecessary data. This specifically references to the broad amount of variations of the Turing test that there were. These variations were distracting because there were so many and they drew away from the analysis of the Turing test and shed light on other tests that were conducted. Limiting this to one or two variations would have been successful in describing the different variations people have come up with based on the Turing test. Another nonessential part was the reference to the Conferences, this section does not sustain the focus of the wiki page which is the Turing test but rather focuses on conferences held to remember the creator of the Turing test. This article is very neutral in its representation of the Turing test and provides factual information on accurate effects and records of Alan Turing. This wiki page is not biased in any of its information and provides various parts that show the different sides of the Turing test and not vaguely focusing on the strengths but recognizing the weaknesses as well and reaching a multitude of references. The links for the citations work well and lead to reputable sources that are neutral. However, I believe there is some close paraphrasing especially with the explanations of the researches (ex. Reverse Turing test and CAPTCHA). The information is up to date and I could not recommend what could be added there is access to examples of the Turing test, the creator, and even predictions for the future of the Turing test. Overall, I believe this Wiki page on the Turing Test accurately describe all the important aspects there is to be known about the Turing Test. This article executed the goal of Wikipedia by acting as an encyclopedia and providing a comprehensive article for the public.

129.2.180.67 (talk) 05:58, 23 February 2017 (UTC)