I had the “conversation” below with the version of Eugene Goostman available at http://default-environment-sdqm3mrmp4.elasticbeanstalk.com/. It’s possible that there’s a more recent version somewhere else, but this is the only version I was able to access. Even then, the site was constantly down ...
Setting aside whether this is the same version of the software, is Eugene CPU-constrained? The press release described it as running on a "supercomputer." A conversation with an overloaded Amazon instance might be totally different.
Based on the article, I'd be very much surprised if a "supercomputer" was necessary. While the chatbot may have improved a bit since the referenced version, I'd be surprised if it was by much.
Setting aside whether this is the same version of the software, is Eugene CPU-constrained? The press release described it as running on a "supercomputer." A conversation with an overloaded Amazon instance might be totally different.