"was surely not the intent of the Turing test"

I agree but it is what it is. I think the Turing test has a few shortcomings in that regard. For one, I think it overestimated the awareness of the average evaluator by not stipulating any requirements for that role.

I was just asking if we should drop that test as some sort of academic goal being aimed for by the likes of Google but perhaps that's not the point.. as others have mentioned, it will be profitable to fool evaluators so the incentive is there regardless.