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Really minor changes are not documented.

• June 2001: A link to an online copy of Turing's original paper on the Turing Test can be found in testing.html.
• February 2001: New links to optimists and pessimists about what effects computers will have on society, see my page: What Effects Will Artificial Inteligence Have on Society?