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 And are we all doomed now?
 turing test machine was indistinguishable from a human, then it was 'thinking'.
 Photograph: Sherborne School/AFP/Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) Computer simulating 13-year-old boy becomes first to pass Turing test 'Eugene Goostman' fools 33% of interrogators into thinking it is human, in what is seen as a milestone in artificial intelligence • In 'his own' words: how Eugene fooled the Turing judges • What is the Turing test?
 And are we all doomed now?
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 But "Eugene Goostman", a computer programme developed to simulate a 13-year-old boy, managed to convince 33% of the judges that it was human, the university said.
 Professor Kevin Warwick, from the University of Reading, said: "In the field of artificial intelligence, there is no more iconic and controversial milestone than the Turing test.
 It is fitting that such an important landmark has been reached at the Royal Society in London, the home of British science and the scene of many great advances in human understanding over the centuries.
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" The successful machine was created by Russian-born Vladimir Veselov, who lives in the United States, and Ukrainian Eugene Demchenko, who lives in Russia.
 Veselov said: "It's a remarkable achievement for us and we hope it boosts interest in artificial intelligence and chatbots.
" Warwick said there had been previous claims that the test was passed in similar competitions around the world.
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 "We are therefore proud to declare that Alan Turing's test was passed for the first time.
" Warwick said having a computer with such artificial intelligence had "implications for society" and would serve as a "wake-up call to cybercrime".
 The event on Saturday was poignant as it took place on the 60th anniversary of the death of Turing, who laid the foundations of modern computing.