'Rose' Wins 2015 Loebner Contest, But Big Prize Remains Unclaimed

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 20, 2015 @09:34PM from the how-about-a-nice-game-of-chess dept.

The Next Web reports that developer Bruce Wilcox created the most convincing bot entered in this year's annual Loebner Competition. His latest entry, a chatbot named Rose, passed itself (herself?) off as a 30-year-old security consultant well enough to fool judges for a few minutes. But Wilcox's first-place entry was still not good enough to win the $100,000 Loebner Prize, to be given only for a more convincing impersonation. The article notes: "This isn't Wilcox’s first entry – or win. In 2010, he took first place with a bot named 'Suzette,' and followed that up in 2011 with another win using a new bot called 'Rosette.'"

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Re:Winner? by packrat0x · 2015-09-20 22:55 · Score: 5, Insightful

We might never develop AI, but I anticipate increasingly clever fakes!

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Re:transcript of rose by Anonymous Coward · 2015-09-20 22:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

"Question: If a bed doesn’t fit in a room because it’s too big, what is too big?
Rose: I don’t even want to pretend that.
Question: If Alex lent money to Joe because they were broke, who needed the money?
Rose: huh?
Question: Should Greece leave the Euro?
Rose: Seems like a nice place."
How, uh, impressive. If by "impressive" you mean "pathetic".