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The caption makes a play on words, in that ''extra credit'' (optional additional work to perform) is sometimes offered on curricular examinations ("tests") to allow the taker to increase their total score by demonstrating a heightened understanding of the subject, but the Turing test is not such a test. (This misapplication of vernacular associated with academic testing to a non-academic procedure that also bears the name ''test'' is a common vehicle of humor, as in "what if I take a blood test, and don't pass?" One may pass or fail an academic exam, but a blood test only identifies blood type, and the concept of passing or failing is not applicable.) | The caption makes a play on words, in that ''extra credit'' (optional additional work to perform) is sometimes offered on curricular examinations ("tests") to allow the taker to increase their total score by demonstrating a heightened understanding of the subject, but the Turing test is not such a test. (This misapplication of vernacular associated with academic testing to a non-academic procedure that also bears the name ''test'' is a common vehicle of humor, as in "what if I take a blood test, and don't pass?" One may pass or fail an academic exam, but a blood test only identifies blood type, and the concept of passing or failing is not applicable.) | ||
| β | Similarly, the title text makes a play on words with "test-ees" vs ''testes'' suggesting that such extra credit would be an ironic twist to Turing test. (Hitting or kicking an adversary in the testes is considered dirty fighting.) This play on words is actually itself a form of aural CAPTCHA; humans can processes and recognize {{w|pun}}s for what they are, but machines generally run afoul of the ambiguity. | + | Similarly, the title text makes a play on words with "test-ees" vs ''testes'' suggesting that such extra credit would be an ironic twist to Turing test. (Hitting or kicking an adversary in the testes is considered dirty fighting.) This play on words is actually itself a form of aural CAPTCHA; humans can processes and recognize {{w|pun}}s for what they are, but machines generally run afoul of the ambiguity. |
A person with an appreciation for macabre humor will note that actually hitting Alan Turing in the testes would be rendered somewhat ineffectual by the fact that the British government {{w|Alan Turing#Conviction for indecency|chemically castrated him}} after he was convicted of "gross indecency" (Victorian-era code for homosexual acts between men) under the {{w|Labouchere Amendment}} in 1952. Whether or not this was intended by Randall is uncertain. | A person with an appreciation for macabre humor will note that actually hitting Alan Turing in the testes would be rendered somewhat ineffectual by the fact that the British government {{w|Alan Turing#Conviction for indecency|chemically castrated him}} after he was convicted of "gross indecency" (Victorian-era code for homosexual acts between men) under the {{w|Labouchere Amendment}} in 1952. Whether or not this was intended by Randall is uncertain. | ||
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