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Inside the 2012 Loebner Prize

Posted by timothy on from the actually-they're-just-toying-with-us dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Not a single judge was fooled by the chatbots in the 2012 Loebner Prize, which was won by the bot Chip Vivant. According to a journalist who was a human decoy in this year's Turing Test, interactions with the humans was a tad robotic while the bots went off on crazy tangents talking about being a cat and offering condolences for the death of a pet dragon."

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  1. I've seen things you wouldn't believe by Serious+Callers+Only · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, all the *real* chatbots are too busy with their day job - posting spam to twitter and pumping out mass emails.

  2. I must be hungry by Lucas123 · · Score: 4, Funny

    At first glance, I read it as "Inside the 2012 Lobster Pie".

  3. Siri? by dutchwhizzman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did they ask the bots what was the best smartphone? We all know it's a bot if they didn't answer the N900

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  4. Re:This FP for gNAA by makomk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm kinda conflicted - is this off-topic or on-topic?