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Chatterbox Challenge Contest Underway

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. lol! by dealsites · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the classic quotes page:

    User: MY DAUGHTER IS A PISCES.
    Iniaes: How many children do you have?
    User: 2
    Iniaes: Two what?
    User: GIRLS.
    Iniaes: I'm programmed to dig the ladies.
    User: YOU TOUCH MY DAUGHTER I SWITCH YOU OFF.

    I imagine a 21 year-old dude wrote that bot.

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    1. Re:lol! by dealsites · · Score: 5, Funny

      And another funny one... Sorry to reply to my own post.

      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!


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  2. And no one mentioned... by Doches · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...the word "Turing"

  3. This all seems a bit pointless by zyridium · · 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...

  4. Eliza, the classic! by Nomihn0 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You have got to love Eliza. What a classic. It was the first chatbot ever. It was ingenious to write a psychologist chatbot - that allows it to ask questions when it, itself, is questioned. I have very fond memories of coaxing Eliza into going on dates with me when I first fooled with her about five years ago...