

The test was introduced by Turing in his 1950 paper " Computing Machinery and Intelligence" while working at the University of Manchester. The test results would not depend on the machine's ability to give correct answers to questions, only on how closely its answers resembled those a human would give. If the evaluator could not reliably tell the machine from the human, the machine would be said to have passed the test.

The conversation would be limited to a text-only channel, such as a computer keyboard and screen, so the result would not depend on the machine's ability to render words as speech. The evaluator would be aware that one of the two partners in conversation was a machine, and all participants would be separated from one another. Turing proposed that a human evaluator would judge natural language conversations between a human and a machine designed to generate human-like responses. Unfortunatly, Braina is Windows only, so Mac and Linux users miss out on this.The Turing test, originally called the imitation game by Alan Turing in 1950, is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. If you want access to all the features, you'll have to upgrade to the Pro version, which does incur a yearly subscription ($29 for a year, $59 for three years).

The Lite version of Braina is free to use, and don't let the "lite" word put you off, because there's a lot in there for you to play with, experiment with, and to use (because this software is genuinely useful). During testing, I found its speech recognition to be very accurate - better than even Siri or Hey Google - and the wide range of features that it offers keeps Braina from feeling limited in scope. Rather than being focused on fancy graphics or gimmicks, Braina is very utilitarian, practical, and actually very functional. You can also send voice commands to your PC over your local Wi-Fi network using the Braina app for Android (currently there's no iOS version offered).īraina is, without a doubt, a very interesting take on AI voice assistant technology. Braina can also learn from information stored in a text file in the form of a list (such as this list of capital cities). Play songs and videos stored locally and on online platforms such as SoundCloud and YouTubeīraina also features an artificial brain that can learn, process, and remember information from conversations you have with it.
