The Imitation Game review – artificial, but not so intelligent

Manchester Art Gallery
Only Ed Atkins’ crowd-sourced, poetry-spewing avatar shows signs of life in this clunky exhibition inspired by Alan Turing’s test to see if machines can think“Doors opening, doors closing,” says the disembodied voice. The lift doors open, close and open again. After I’ve stepped out, the glass cabin ascends without me. I’m an unexpected item in the bagging area, stranded on the ground floor of Manchester Art Gallery, and going nowhere. N