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N.Y. Times Magazine Chats With ALICE Bot Creator

Posted by timothy on from the what-are-you-wearing dept.

aridg writes: "This week's New York Times Magazine has an article about Richard Wallace, the programmer of the ALICE AI chatbot that won first place in several competitions for realistic human-like conversation. Wallace sounds like a pretty unusual and interesting fellow; the article quotes an NYU prof both praising ALICE and saying to Wallace: '... I actively dislike you. I think you are a paranoid psycho.' A good read. [Usual NY Times registration disclaimers apply.]"

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  1. Hardly what I'd call AI by awptic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ALICE is nothing more than a bunch of preprogrammed responses to common statements and questions, what the
    hell is the big deal about that? Anyone with enough time on their hands could create something simular.
    What I would like to see is an AI program which can actually follow conversation and make responses
    relevent to the topic of discussion, even if the statement didn't directly reference it.