{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 4: Ex Machina","description":"How do you measure humanity? We go deep into spoilers for Ex Machina as we recap Bluebook's work to produce a robot that can pass as a human. In a reference-filled episode, we talk about the challenges of passing (or manipulating) a Turing Test, we debate the ethics of creating sentient machines, and compare the &quot;planning\/interview\/debrief&quot; structure of the film against how we approach our testing sessions. As we proceed, we get distracted by discussions about the capabilities of helicopters, we wonder how a CEO can run a business from a location with no mobile coverage, investigate whether Nathan has already succeeded in creating the perfect dancing robot, and discover a film connection which sends Dan into uncontrollable&amp;nbsp;laughter. We also subject Siri and Google Home to their own Turing Test. It doesn't go well. Testing conferences and initiatives mentioned during the introduction:   Neil's blog post about TestBash Brighton 2017  Brighton tester meetup - 19 April (where Dan presented&amp;nbsp;this week)  Brighton tester meetup - 24 May (where Neil is presenting) Let's Test (Sweden \/South Africa) 2017 I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2017, Bucharest (where Dan is presenting a keynote) Nordic Testing Days 2017, Tallinn  List of testing and agile conferences which are (and aren't) #PayToSpeak  Rob Lambert - Blazingly Simple Guide To Submitting To Conferences Speak Easy  Other references in the episode:  Homecoming (audio drama podcast) starring Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener and David Schwimmer YouTube: Oscar Isaac as Officer Fartman in Lenny The Wonder Dog Wikipedia: Official Secrets Act TV Tropes: &quot;As You Know&quot; (when two characters discuss something they both already know, for the benefit of the audience) Wikipedia: Turing Test YouTube: Benedict Cumberbatch's celebrity impressions Screengrab of Neil's chatbot experience with&amp;nbsp;BT  FiveThirtyEight: The Man vs The Machine (short film about Kasparov vs Deep Blue, and Deep Blue's bug which led to victory) YouTube: The Simpsons - Introduction to Hank Scorpio YouTube: The IT Crowd - Jen's interview (ending with &quot;Standard Nerds&quot;) Wikipedia: Socratic Method YouTube: Nathan and Kyoko's dance scene from Ex Machina  A big Terminator-style thumbs-up to Bad Puns and Machine Guns for their shout-out in their recent &quot;Aftermath&quot; episode! &amp;nbsp; Screen Testing will return in two weeks' time, as Gem Hill joins us to discuss 2016's NERVE (available now on Netflix and other streaming services). Twitters: @ScreenTesting @TheTestDoctor @neilstudd Intro music: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay Outro music: Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night ","author_name":"Screen Testing","author_url":"http:\/\/screentesting.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5275578\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/14943249"}