Bot Contest

Hello,
For everyone's information, this was posted at the Robitron forum:

LPC entries are now beginning to pour in. As the deadline is approaching, you may wish to avoid sending entries through the post.

Fax your entry to:

(Your international access code) + 44 1483 689550
or 01483 689550 (within UK)

We will acknowledge receipt by email. Please write your address clearly!

David

I swore I'd never do one of these again, but 'm intrigued by the fact that they're not asking for transcripts. I may yet send in an application for this one.

That almost means they may have to actually ..chat.. with the bots this year...

Chatting with chatbots?! Mindblowing! Revolutionary! Unheard of! And . . . other things that I feel compelled to end with a !

Salmonella?

No, Salmonella!

Note to those entering the Loebner contest: the Turing hub does NOT recognize PF's smileys. So if your responses depend on smileys for proper context, you may want to put a 'nose' in the smiley for a while. Then it won't turn into a graphic.

Has anyone got any confirmations yet?

I have yet to send it.

nope, but I only mailed it from Australia about 5 days ago.. should I fax as well, as suggested, or is that paranoia?

If you dont hear a confirmation by the 29th, It's probably a good idea to fax it. Probably what I'll do.

There, I faxed it. I used:

1015566 +011 44 1483 689550

(1015566 is for discount phone calls, probably the equivalent of 10 10 220 in the US)
(011 is the country code)
The rest is the number