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Turing test novel: "Galatea 2.2"

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NODE aefd68cbTuring test novel: "Galatea 2.2"
Reviewed in The New Yorker (August 21&28 issue) is the novel 
"Galatea 2.2" by Richard Powers, wherein a neural net is nurtured
by an English Literature professor "to counterfeit human responses
to the Master's Comprehensive Exam, which calls for the interpretation
of set texts".  The review makes me want to read this book.

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NODE 8c89bc8bRe: Turing test novel: "Galatea 2.2"
Sounds interesting, but this is material for an AI list, not a list
that discusses cryptography.

Lou Poppler writes:
> Reviewed in The New Yorker (August 21&28 issue) is the novel 
> "Galatea 2.2" by Richard Powers, wherein a neural net is nurtured
> by an English Literature professor "to counterfeit human responses
> to the Master's Comprehensive Exam, which calls for the interpretation
> of set texts".  The review makes me want to read this book.