advancement in the science of understanding human intelligence and consciousness?

I think the latter.

This year's Turing Test, instantiated in the Loebner Prize, will be held on Sunday 17 September at UCL's VR theatre, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1.

Renowned British scientist, Professor Kevin Warwick will act as one of the Judges, to determine human from machine.

Alan Turing a quiet, reserved gentleman with a vision a gentleman with a future.... until the americans realised he was a practicing homosexual... and then.... they killed him... and then.... they stole all his work... but what did they do with this amazing mans work?
They made a computer chatterbox called oliverbot! whoopi-doo... a sad and tragic end to the pioneer of AI
sorry I needed to get that rant off my chest...