Mitch Kapor vs. Ray Kurzweil: A $20k Bet on Turing Test

I'm entirely on Mitch Kapor's side on this issue, and I think what he doesn't say here is that Turing Test is a nonsense. Not only it would be impossible to imitate personal history, to answer all questions in a psychologically correct manner (taking into account childhood stories, libido etc.) - not only that.

We expect intelligent machines to solve hard problems, or to replace us in some routine, boring tasks that can't be formalized on ordinary algorithmic machines, etc. This does not necessarily imply full psychologically correct impersonation, so Turing Test is irrelevant and it's a waste of time.

Hey, it's 2008. Bet #2 says:

In a Google search of five keywords or phrases representing the top five news stories of 2007, weblogs will rank higher than the New York Times' Web site.

Unfortunately they don't say how the top 5 news stories are decided or what keywords apply, so it's hard to see who actually won.