This paper presents a pilot study involving 99 participants analysing conversations between Judges 2, 4 and 7, hidden humans (Confederates), and Jabberwock, bronze prize winner for most human-like machine from Loebner’s 2003 Contest, instantiation of Turing’s Test for machine intelligence. The transcripts from these conversations were given to children (aged between 8 and 12), and adults (aged between 18-35). The machine was identified in its conversation with Judge 7, but the Confederate Effect featured in... Read more
