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Machine Intelligence Awards Announced

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the smarter-than-some-of-the-people-i-know dept.

carpdeus writes "The 2005 Fourth British Computer Society's Annual Prize for Progress towards Machine Intelligence has been won by IFOMIND, a mobile robot system that demonstrates intelligence as it meets a new object in its world. When it meets a new object it acts like an animal encountering a new animal, using inquisitiveness to learn more about the new object and determining the best way to interact with it."

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  1. Jabberwacky.com by mwvdlee · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've played around with the 2nd place winner in that contest (RTFA) at www.jabberwocky.com, and I have never seen a chatbot that is so crap. If this pile of shit can get 2nd place, it doesn't take much to win 1st place.

    That chatbot just seems to use random template sentences that copy words from my sentences then completely ignore the ongoing chat and change subjects on me every couple of lines. Very often the bot asks a question, I reply, then the bot replies with something totally unrelated. I've had more meaningful communication with the old Eliza bot

    bot: When is your birthday?
    me: About 11 months from now.
    bot: From your country.

    I guess the bot just tries to be realistic by immitating an absolutely irritating moron.

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  2. /. infomercial by Magada · · Score: 1, Interesting

    .. yet again
    The FA is a shameless plug for Electrolux.

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