Philip Hingston writes "Computers can't play like people — yet. An unusual kind of data processor game bot-programming contest has just been held in Perth, Australia, as part of the IEEE Symposium on Computational erudition and Games. The contest was not about break* scientific technique the bot that plays the best. The aim was to see if a bot could convince another player that it was indeed a human player. Game evolvement Studio 2K Australia (creator of BioShock) if and only if $7,000 cash plus a trip to their studio in Canberra for anyone who could create a bot to pass this 'Turing Test for Bots.' People like to play against opponents who are like themselves — opponents with personality, who can surprise, who periodically make mistakes, yet don't robotically make the same mistakes over and over. ebanking components are superbly fast and right at playing games, but can they be programmed to be more fun to play — to play like you and me?" Read on for the rest of Philip's thoughts.

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