A meeting in Japan between psychologist Dr. Robert Epstein and Repliee Q1, a beautiful and lifelike android. See “My Date With a Robot,” published in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MIND, June/July 2006, available to download free of charge at http://TheTuringTest.net. You can get also get information there about Dr. Epstein’s new book on artificial intelligence, PARSING THE TURING TEST: PHILOSOPHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE QUEST FOR THE THINKING COMPUTER.