New "RoboGovernor" Fails Turing Test

A team of computer scientists and artificial-intelligence researchers from Stanford University and M.I.T., intent on passing the Turing Test with their latest droid, have failed spectacularly.

The 'bot, known as "RoboGovernor" and fashioned in the likeness of Florida Governor Rick Scott, was turned loose earlier this week on a group of news reporters in Tampa. The reporters asked Robo a series of simple, easy-to-answer questions about the governor's recent public appearance - but, unfortunately, the machine quickly betrayed it's non-human origins, as seen in this video.

"I really expected much better," one of the reporters remarked after the interview. "I mean, we're talking M.I.T and Stanford - the best of the best! I expected those eggheads to come up with something truly convincing, truly human-like.....and they send us this!?"

Another reporter joined in: "Good grief! Look at those glassy, glazed-over eyes! Look at that vapid, frozen smile! Listen to those repetitive, broken-record answers! I instantly knew I was talking to a robot and not a human! And so did my 4-year-old daughter who was here with me."

Stanford's Andrew Ng, the chief engineer of the RoboGovernor initiative, blames the malfunction on a chipset failure caused by Florida's extreme climatic conditions.

"At least we can take some comfort in this," an observer said. "The good news is that we don't have to worry about robots taking over our jobs, let alone our public offices, any time soon."