[pandorabots-general] Review Turning test contests?

[Stanley E. Honour]

Any comments Dr. Wallace on the recent Lobner prize going to Ultra Hal?
I know the rules were significantly different this year than last.   Is
there a better Turning test contest world wide?   How would you make the
Turning test more scientific and less subjective?  I know the Japanese
are crazy about robots; do they have their own AI contests?   As long as
I'm on the subject of contests, would you like to comment on the outcome
of the DARPA Urban challenge?   MIT says there AI was 'better' because
it did not use the 'bread crumbs' of GPS navigation.