Brooke Jessica Kaio Artificial intelligence and the fears and hopes that go along with the rise of artificial intelligence are a common theme within our collective unconscious. We can imagine Judgment Day at the hands of Skynet or egalitarian totalitarianism at the hand of V.I.K.I and her army of robots, the result is similar - the equivalent human beings are no longer the predominant life form in the world. One could call it the fear of a technologically skeptical mind, and others might call it a tranquil prophecy. If the recent research findings from the University of Reading (U.K.) are the case, we could already be in the process of fulfilling that prophecy. In the early part of June 2014, an incredible feat was claimed to have been accomplished - passing the legendary Turing Test by a computer program. It was both praised and mocked around the globe as either the birthplace of artificial intelligence or simply a smart tricker-bot that only demonstrated technical expertise and a sh...