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Both machine learning software (ML - often mistaken for AI) and plain old dumb software have already achieved a level where they can pass the Turing Test - although the dumb software can be caught out with a bit of persistence.

A lot of the software systems claimed to be AI are in fact just dumb ML systems, because either the people who are 'selling it' don't know the difference, or because they think the public wouldn't understand the difference. The various voice assistants such as Alexa are not AI, they are ML, although they are also able to query AI machines to provide more in-depth responses.