An education tech startup has "hired" an AI avatar of the late computer science pioneer Alan Turing as a made-up executive, in what seems like a sure sign that the, the so-called Genius Group announced that it had appointed the Turing avatar as its "chief AI officer." In the statement, the company kept referring to the chatbot as quote-unquote "Alan Turing."
"Genius Group have also pre-programmed their 'Alan Turing' AI Avatar with the strategies, product plans, AI technology and data of the company," the long-winded press release reads., the Turing avatar is clearly an attempt to boost the firm's footprint amid choppy yet competitive waters.
In a particularly strange twist given its namesake, the bot also told us that it wasn't sure if it could pass a Turing test.