World Chatterbots Contest	the wired
Link #102739 submitted by deathburger on Dec 30, 2005 06:38am.   (+275XP) http://www.worldchatterbots.com
The WCBC was created to give Novice Botmasters a fun learning tool. As they compete they will find areas to improve their bots. Comments: 0   Hits: 800   Points: 871   Rating: 8.8 / 8   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Somewhere in Canada	entertainment
Link #61163 submitted by deathburger on Oct 3, 2004 05:47pm.   (+225XP) http://www.somewhereincanada.com
Welcome to SomewhereInCanada.com     We are the largest source of Canadian Contests and Freebies. We host an active community sharing contest and sweepstakes tips including a huge Contests & Sweepstakes Directory; a large all-Canadian UPC database; free contests and sweepstakes software; Contest Club mailing list; Community mailing lists and chat areas; Canada-wide & Canadian-friendly Shopping directory; and much more - all for the low price of nothing!     But we have so much more than that. The Playground is the area where you will find Jokes, Funny pictures, Games, Puzzles, Tarot Card Readings, AI Chatterbots, Inspirational stories, Swami Mo, and Shuffle the Web.     eCards are a favourite for many of our visitors. We also have many Essential Canadian links ranging from your local movie listings to Dating to Government websites.     If we don't have it, you don't want it. Comments: 0   Hits: 528   Points: 603   Rating: 7.5 / 10   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

The Chatterbot Collection	the wired
Link #50522 submitted by parmentf on Jun 16, 2004 09:44am.   (+200XP) http://www.angelfire.com/trek/amanda/bot.htm
The most comprehensive resource about chatterbots.   Comments: 0   Hits: 380   Points: 420   Rating: 8.0 / 5   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

Loebner Prize - instantiation of a Turing Test	the wired
Link #50450 submitted by parmentf on Jun 15, 2004 04:21pm.   (+300XP) http://loebner.net/Prizef/loebner-prize.html
The Loebner Prize is the first formal instantiation of a Turing Test. The test is named after Alan Turing the brilliant British mathematician. Among his many accomplishments was basic research in computing science. In 1950, in the article Computing Machinery and Intelligence which appeared in the philosophical journal Mind, Alan Turing asked the question "Can a Machine Think?" He answered in the affirmative, but a central question was: "If a computer could think, how could we tell?" Turing's suggestion was, that if the responses from the computer were indistinguishable from that of a human,the computer could be said to be thinking.     In 1990 Hugh Loebner agreed with The Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies to underwrite a contest designed to implement the Turing Test. Dr. Loebner pledged a Grand Prize of $100,000 and a Gold Medal (pictured above) for the first computer whose responses were indistinguishable from a human's. Each year an annual prize of $2000 and a bronze medal is awarded to the most human computer. The winner of the annual contest is the best entry relative to other entries that year, irrespective of how good it is in an absolute sense.     Loebner Prize 2004 is not closed, and Loebner Prize 2005 will happen. Many good chatterbots in this competition. Comments: 1   Hits: 371   Points: 431   Rating: 8.5 / 7   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

jabberwacky - live chat bot	strangely funny
Link #50419 submitted by parmentf on Jun 15, 2004 06:54am.   (+270XP) http://www.jabberwacky.com
Jabberwacky is an artificial intelligence - a chat robot, often known as a 'chatbot' or 'chatterbot'. It aims to simulate natural human chat in an interesting, entertaining and humorous manner.     Jabberwacky is different. It learns. In some ways it models the way humans learn language, facts, context and rules.     The whole thing started way back in 1989, and went on the web in 1998. It is unique - not related to any other known AI technologies!     It stores everything everyone has ever said, and finds the most appropriate thing to say using contextual pattern matching techniques. In speaking to you it uses only learnt material. With no hard-coded rules, it relies entirely on the principles of feedback. This is very different to the majority of chatbots, which are rule-bound and finite.     If you speak in a foreign language it will learn it, and respond appropriately if it has enough to go on. It can be taught slang English, word games, jokes and any other form of identifiable language trait.     Jabberwacky is NOT meant to learn logical statements, nor to perform mathematical tasks, to find web pages - or do anything 'useful'! Its role is simply to chat. Comments: 1   Hits: 456   Points: 510   Rating: 7.7 / 7   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

ECTOR, the chatterbot.	the wired
Link #50159 submitted by parmentf on Jun 12, 2004 04:55pm.   (+190XP) http://ector.sourceforge.net
ECTOR is a project of a chatterbot, that tries to learn from the utterers' entries.     It has several version (including an online one, written in PHP/MySQL), but the last one, and most up-to-date is written in C, and runs under Linux (or Windows, but with less accuracy).     The fun is to download its C version, and run it. Now, you can teach it what you want, and see what it learns, "understand", and replies! Comments: 0   Hits: 1108   Points: 1141   Rating: 8.2 / 4   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

ChatterBox Challenge	the wired
Link #28247 submitted by ecrivain on Jul 16, 2003 05:29pm.   (+420XP) http://www.chatterboxchallenge.com
The Ultimate Bot Contest "Zabaware's Chatterbox Challenge is open to all kinds of chatterBots - Website Bots, Downloadable Bots, and IRC Bots - written in any programming language. Your bot doesn't have to be set up in any particular way to enter. It only needs to be available so people can talk with it." Awards are given for Most Popular, Most Capable, Bester Character, Funniest, and more. Read about the bots and view example conversations. Comments: 2   Hits: 506   Points: 595   Rating: 8.9 / 10   [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ]

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