N.Y. Times Magazine Chats With ALICE Bot Creator

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.]"

Comments

Is he as cool as AOL's SmarterChild?

[DooBall]

Smarterchild has me on ignore b/c I made fun of him. He kept asking me to apologize, but I showed him whos boss.

Re:hmm

[theolein]

Howzit fuckhead.