THE NEXT
TURING TESTS
15th and 16th October 2025
An initiative of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), King’s College and the King’s E-Lab.
In 1950, Alan Turing published his paper ‘Computing Machinery and Intelligence’, presenting his famous test and setting the standard for what came to be called artificial intelligence for three quarters of a century. In 2025 we have machines that can pass the Turing Test, and advances in AI’s capacities are accelerating rapidly. The question of what computers can do – now, next year, or in 5 years or 20 – has become an urgent one.
On the 75th anniversary of Turing’s Test, the E-Lab at King’s College Cambridge, where Turing was both student and Fellow, is joining with the Leverhulme Centre of the Future of Intelligence (CFI) at the University of Cambridge to host a two-day AI exploration.
Meet our Panellists and Speakers
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Alison Gopnik
Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Geoffrey Hinton
University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and Nobel Prize Winner in Physics.
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Dermot Turing
Trustee of The Turing Trust and a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, Oxford University.
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Bernardo Goncalves
Staff Research Scientist at the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC).
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Jonnie Penn
Associate Teaching Professor of AI Ethics and Society at the University of Cambridge.
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Laura Weidinger
Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and Responsible AI Researcher and Speaker.
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Amira Moeding
PhD candidate at the Faculty of History, University Cambridge, and Fellow of Cambridge Digital Humanities.
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Tom Griffiths
Professor of Psychology and Computer Science and Director of the CCSL, Princeton University.
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James Manyika
Senior Vice President, Research, Labs, Technology & Society at Google and Alphabet.
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Diane Coyle
Bennett Professor of Public Policy and Research Director at the Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge.
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Anil Seth
Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex.
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Jude Browne
Head of Department of Politics and International Studies and Fellow of King’s College, University of Cambridge.
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Rachel Botsman
Expert and Author on Trust and Former Trust Fellow at Oxford University's Saïd Business School.
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Dennis Snower
President of the Global Solutions Initiative and International Research Fellow at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University.
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Hannah Kirk
PhD candidate at the Oxford University and Research Scientist at the UK AI Safety Institute.
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Beth Goldberg
Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson School and Head of Research & Development at Jigsaw.
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Stuart Elliot
Senior Analyst at the OECD and the lead of their latest AI and the Future of Skills project.
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Nicky Clayton
Professor of Comparative Cognition, Department of Psychology, at the University of Cambridge.
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Umang Bhatt
Assistant Professor in Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cambridge and Fellow at King’s College.
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Lucy Cheke
Professor of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, at the University of Cambridge.
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Henry Shevlin
Associate Director, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge.
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Xin Shan
Teaching Associate in the Sociology of Media and Culture at the University of Cambridge.
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Miri Zilka
Assistant Research Professor and a Leverhulme Research Fellow, Machine Learning Group, University of Cambridge.
Identifying the next tests for AI with a diverse range of experts and stakeholders.
WORKSHOPS
By Invitation Only
Behavioural Science
Contributions of behavioural science to understand AI in relation to individual and group behaviour
The Future of Work
The future impact of AI capabilities on work, and the opportunities to manage and support such change
Trust
The impact of advancing AI on trust – both in core institutions and in the machines themselves
AN AFTERNOON KEYNOTE with James Manyika
By Separate Registration
15 October
Exploring pressing questions with a serious interrogation of the past, present and future of AI.
16 October
PANELS
The Turing Test and its Legacy, 1950-2025
with Bernardo Goncalves, Jonnie Penn, Amira Moeding & Dermot Turing
What AI Can and Can’t do Today
with Tom Griffiths, Alison Gopnik, Miri Zilka & Laura Weidinger
Prospects for Conscious Machines
with Anil Seth, Nicky Clayton, Lucy Cheke & Henry Shevlin
A SPECIAL FIRESIDE CHAT
On Prospects of Artificial General Intelligence
with Nobel Prize winner Geoff Hinton (virtually)
AN EVENING KEYNOTE with Gillian Tett and will.i.am
By Separate Registration
*Please see the FAQs below for information on how to Register for the events.
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While linked by theme and guests, the two days are comprised a collection of different events.
On the 15th of October, the workshops are by invitation only, but the Keynote Address by James Manyika will be open to all through a separate registration, details of which can be found here.
On the 16th of October, registration will be possible for the morning and afternoon panel sessions (including the Special Fireside Chat) separately. These registrations will be open at the start of October and will be found here.
The Evening Keynote on the 16th, with Gillian Tett and will.i.am, will be a separate registration link and will need to be completed in addition to the registration for the panels. The details of this can be found here.
If you have noticed a change in our ticketing, please do not worry! We are working to make the event as accessible as possible to all!
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The workshops on the 15th of October are by invitation only.
Details on the Keynote Address by James Manyika on the 15th of October can be found by following this link. Registration will be open at the start of October.
The Panel Sessions and the Special Fireside Chat on the 16th of October are a part of a full-day conference but it will be possible to attend only the morning or the afternoon sessions. The registrations will be open at the start of October and will be found here.
The Evening Keynote with Gillian Tett and will.i.am on the 16th of October is a separate event. Registration will open at the start of October here and under ‘All Events’ on the King’s E-Lab main page.
If you have noticed a change in our ticketing, please do not worry! We are working to make the event as accessible as possible to all!
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All sessions will be held at King’s College, Cambridge.
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For CFI/King’s members - A reserved number of places are available which will be assigned by invitation. For more information on this contact communications@lcfi.cam.ac.uk.
For any additional ticketing information please contact CFI Team on communications@lcfi.cam.ac.uk
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.”
Organising Team
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Stephen Cave
Academic Director of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) and Co-Director of the ITH.
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Gillian Tett
Provost of King’s College, University of Cambridge and Financial Times Editorial Board Member.
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José Hernández-Orallo
Director of Research at Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) and Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain.
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Katie Collins
PhD @ Computational and Biological Learning (CBL) Lab, University of Cambridge, and Affiliate Fellow, CFI.
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John Burden
Programme Co-Director of the Kinds of Intelligence programme, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI).
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Sophie Harbour
Director of the King’s E-Lab at King’s College, University of Cambridge.
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Marko Tesic
Research Associate at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI).
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Murray Shanahan
Principal Scientist at Google DeepMind and Emeritus Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Imperial College London.
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Lina Vysniauskiene
Communication & Alumni Engagement Co-ordinator, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI).
