JtS -

The demonstration (or the claim that it was shown) that a computer can be programmed to act randomly when given a problem it can't find a unique solution for certainly demonstrates a closer approximation to human than has been shown in many other comparisons.

Obviously, based on that feature alone, Big Blue could now emulate quite a few politicians with sufficient fidelity to fool most members of Congress ....(?)

The real question is whether any members of Congress could pass a Turing test (i.e. should be mistaken for a human).

John