A Turing Test for Computer Game Bots

September 10, 2009 | Source: Technology Review

A screenshot from Unreal Tournament 2004, the computer game used in the BotPrize competition (Epic Games)

“Can a computer fool expert gamers into believing it’s one of them?” was the question posed at the second annual BotPrize challenge, a variant of the Turing test.

To win the big prize, worth $6,000, a bot had to fool at least 80% of the judges; none of the participants was able to pull off this feat.