Hugh Loebner defends his Turing Test contest and responds to John Sundman's

Hugh Loebner defends his Turing Test contest and responds to John Sundman's "Artificial Stupidity."

I am the subject of the article “Artificial Stupidity.” Generally I was quite pleased with the article.

However there are a few comments regarding the article and reader’s responses that I would like to make.

1. Turing Test - The Turing test, developed by Alan Turing in 1950, is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.