The point missed is the Turing test was an abstract thought experiment into how we perceive the presence of intelligence. If a decade or so of social media (wh

The point missed is the Turing test was an abstract thought experiment into how we perceive the presence of intelligence. If a decade or so of social media (whatever that means) has proven anything, its that very little intelligence occurs in virtually all conversations. The meta Turing test is being failed by many people who think it (a concrete implementation of it) means something. Much like actually building a well sealed box with a cat, a radioisotope source, and a geiger counter wouldn't actually be a "great step forward for Quantum Physics" in 2014. Any more than making a little anthropomorphic horned robot and having him divert fast "hot" molecules one direction or slow "cold" molecules another would be a great step forward for thermodynamics in 2014. The value of a thought experiment is realized when its proposed, not when someone makes a science fair demonstration of the abstract idea.