"You have people who say we should never build a computing system unless we can prove it is secure. Those of us who understand Turing say, 'Well, you can't.' So you must start proving some approximation of secure, which starts a very different conversation," Hendler said.

And despite numerous attempts to beat the Turing Test, it still hasn't been done, except within the most limited of topics. That means we will likely be working to meet Turing's benchmarks for years to come.

"You can't say, 'Siri. How are you today?' and expect it to go on from there in any interesting way," Hendler said.

The IDG News Service