Chatterbox Challenge Contest Underway

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday March 31, 2004 @02:43PM from the i-love-jenny18 dept.

Chris Cowart writes "Chatbots from around the world are taking part in the fourth annual Chatterbox Challenge. Chatbots are computer programs designed to imitate human conversation, with the eventual aim of creating true virtual personalities and artificial intelligences. The Chatterbox Challenge runs from April 1 to April 30 and Internet users can talk to the competing chatbots through the competition web site." According to the organizer: "Chatbot names range from Aida to Zoe, and personalities vary from a fortune teller and a serial killer to a dragon and a horse!"

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This all seems a bit pointless by zyridium · 2004-03-31 14:48 · Score: 5, Interesting

To me the idea of chatting is to talk about things that are happening...

For this to work it needs to happen within the context of some event or thing or understanding from outside the confines of a chatroom (eg talking about some football match, etc)...

Who cares if a bot can a/s/l it up and come on to you...