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Here is the link they forgot to include in the sto
http://www.chatterboxchallenge.com/
Although the site is using some broken CSS that causes the text to render too far off to the right side, at leas in FF3
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Chatterbots can be fun
I'm actually at least as impressed by those than mechanic dogs, and definitely more than random moving vaccuum cleaners.
The ChatterBox Challenge is a yearly competition where the author of the winning chatter bot receives $1,500. A second place is awarded with $1,000 and a third with $500. Not that bad, and there are 10 judges who asks some questions and try to see how human-like the responses are. There are also 7 categories the bots can compete in -- one of them is of course Functionality, but another is Funniest.
Here are some of the funniest replies the AI:s have given when the judges have been testing them:
Elbot (by Fred Roberts)
User: Can you explain how it feels to be 18 years old?
Elbot: I have 100,000 seperate sensations per second.
User: That explains it.
Talk-Bot (by Chris Cowart)
User: do you know how to add?
Talk-Bot: Why, did you lose the instructions or something?
User: smarta$$
Talk-Bot: Well, I know I'm smart so you must be the a$$.
Jabberwacky (by Rollo Carpenter)
Jabberwacky: You misspelled Liar
User: I didn't call you a liar
Jabberwacky: You called me a liar.
User: No I didn't call you a liar.
Jabberwacky: Liar.
User: I am not a liar.
Jabberwacky: Do you want to be a liar?
User: No I don't want to be a liar.
Jabberwacky: Hypocrite!
Iniaes (by Jeff Watkins)
User: ARE YOU PROGRAMED FOR CYBER?
Iniaes: I am programmed to spell it with 2 m's.
Hex (by Jason L Hutchens)
Judge: Have you ever watch American football?
Hex: I am most certainly not an American! In fact, I find that quite
insulting! I'd rather you accuse me of being a computer!
Judge: are you a computer?
Hex: Syntax Error in line 10. Core dumped. Please bugger off.
Judge: lol
Hex: I'm sorry, but I refuse to reply if you're going to be silly.
Inianes, again...
User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR?
Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment.
User: HOW DO I WRITE MY OWN BOT?
Iniaes: With a pen or pencil.
User: THAT IS NOT FUNNY.
Iniaes: It seemed pretty funny to me. -
Re:Why?hahaha, the only way that could have been more funny is if you had an Eliza
Along the same lines, the bots in the recent Chatter box challenge show some improvements in the whole chatbot world, but some are just like the ol' Eliza
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Why not ask an AI if an AI can control a computer?
Why not ask an AI (Chatterbox Challenge 2001 & 2002 Winner) if it thinks the AI research has come to a level that it's good enough to control a computer? I mean, who's better to answer the question than an AI?
*conversation below*
Me: What do you think about artificial intelligence?
Talk-Bot: I think you're asking the wrong person.
Me: I thought you were the best person to ask.
Talk-Bot: It amazes me sometimes what some people think.
Me: Would you be able to control a computer, like the brain control my body?
Talk-Bot: I could but that doesn't mean I would.
After carefully analyzing the answers from an artificial intelligence, I have come to the conclusion that AI's aren't ready to control computers and their software just yet. Perhaps not because they aren't advanced enough, but because they don't "feel like it". This is of course calming news for system administrators and the likes.