janet
Just wanted to say thanks for posting this & the al gore article.
Bonnie
In a message dated 9/16/99 1:14:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> >NewsScan Daily, 16 September 1999 ("Above The Fold")
> >
> >TURING GAME USED TO UNMASK CHAT ROOM IMPOSTORS
> >Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using the
principles
> >of the Imitation Game, invented by British mathematician Alan Turing, to
> >create an online game that challenges players to identify phony chat room
> >participants by analyzing the content and style of their e-mail postings.
> >The Turing Game, as it's called, provides insight into the cultural
markers
> >that define a person's online identity, say game creators Joshua Berman
and
> >Amy Bruckman. "Some would say that when we go online we become pure
> >intellect, and we bring nothing with us. Others would say that's naïve --
> >we're the same people online as offline," says Bruckman. (Wired.com 15
Sep
> >99)
>
