Actually there was a chat bot that passed the Turing test a couple years ago lol:
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/27...sses_sexc.html
Anyone see that documentary "How William Shatner Changed the World"? In one portion of the documentary, they showed this one guy who was trying to make himself into a Borg, and was making some eerie progress. He had that wire connected to his hand that transmitted a signal over the internet to move a robotic hand the next desk over. His goal I think was to ultimately be able to upload his brain onto the internet. Freaky.