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The classic Turing test evaluates a machine's ability to mimic human behavior and intelligence. To pass, a computer must fool the tester into thinking it is human鈥攖ypically through the use of questions and answers. But single-celled organisms can鈥檛 communicate with words. So this week in ACS Central Science, researchers demonstrate that certain artificial cells can pass a basic laboratory Turing test by 鈥渢alking鈥� chemically with living bacterial cells.

Sheref S. Mansy and colleagues proposed that artificial life would need to have the ability to interact seamlessly with real cells, and this could be evaluated in much the same way as a computer鈥檚 artificial intelligence is assessed. To demonstrate their concept, the researchers constructed nano-scale lipid vessels capable of 鈥渓istening鈥� to chemicals that bacteria give off. The artificial cells showed that they 鈥渉eard鈥� the natural cells by turning on genes that made them glow. These artificial cells could communicate with a variety of bacterial species, including V. fischeri, E. coli and P. aeruginosa. The authors note that more work must be done, however, because only one of these species engaged in a full cycle of listening and speaking in which the artificial cells sensed the molecules coming from the bacteria, and the bacteria could perceive the chemical signal sent in return.

The authors acknowledge funding from the , the the and the .

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