[freetech] ot: interesting AI contest
- From: "Samuel Proulx" <samuelp@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <freetech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:04:08 -0400
Here's an interesting site I ran across on the web:
http://www.chatterboxchallenge.com
Description:AgentLand's Chatterbox Challenge is an artificial intelligence
contest that aims to determine the best overall chatterbot currently in
action.
Created by
Chris Cowart,
the Chatterbox Challenge promises to be a great opportunity for Internet
users to get to chatterbots, and participate by comparing the bots and
voting for
them. The 2002 edition is being sponsored by
AgentLand,
who is providing prizes of $1000, $500, and $250 as well as trophies of the
winning bots.
Chatterbots are talkative software programs that imitate human conversation.
Their intelligence is artificial - but can be surprisingly realistic. No
chatterbot
is yet "intelligent" in the same way as a human. But more and more people
are beginning to see the potential of chatterbots for providing natural and
intuitive
interaction between humans and machines.
AgentLand is the first world entirely dedicated to intelligent agents and
virtual assistants. AgentLand presents all the agents reunited in family
groups,
each with their own identity card that details their features. More than 600
agents can be freely downloaded, and every week the AgentLand newsletter
brings
news of all the latest developments from the world of intelligent agents.
AgentLand has its very own chatterbot, Cybelle, who serves as guide to the
site. Cybelle declined the offer to participate in this year's Chatterbox
Challenge,
with her usual modesty.
Throughout the Chatterbox Challenge, AgentLand will publish a
special report
into chatterbots in general and the contest in particular. Already you will
find profiles of the
expert members
of the Chatterbox Challenge judging panel, and
interviews
with the botmasters.
Vote, choose your favorite bots and win prizes!
We want your opinion! From 1 April to 31 May 2002, chat to all the bots, and
score them on the quality of their conversation at the contest site,
www.chatterboxchallenge.com.
You can win prizes too! By voting, you are automatically entered in a draw
to receive one of 100 Chatterbot CDs from Nautilus Magazine, containing
dozens
of robots to talk with.
--
Samuel Proulx - samuelp@xxxxxxxxxx
http://members.rogers.com/samuelstudent
"Even the fool knows you can't reach out and touch the stars, but that
t
doesn't stop the wise man from trying." - Judge Harry Stone, "Night
Court"
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