Bot Contest
Here I'll be posting information on various Bot contests that challenge and test a Bot's AI and realism. Feel free to post comments and updates on contests, as well as announcements for new contests.
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Spelt is an accepted form of spelled, and Mrow, does sound like a cat, so it is an ok onomonopoeia or how ever any of this is spelled, spelt, Hi Justina.
Congratulations to all those who did well in the 2005 Chatterbox Challenge. I'll be creating a "Hall of Fame" page soon that will list everyone who placed in past contests. I'll also update the home page and rotate different bots into those spots.
A PF Bot Contest is a good idea, and I hope to make it happen one of these days. Perhaps after the bot book comes out.
As to Cyc and the scientific AI community, I have yet to see anything impressive come out of there. It's maddening. Tons of money is thrown in those directions and it seems to me you get a lot of theorizing without ever getting a bot you can talk with. What I could do with a couple hundred grand! I have a plan for improving the AI here in vast strides, but I wonder if I'll ever get the chance. Gotta pay the bills.
A PF Bot Contest is a good idea, and I hope to make it happen one of these days. Perhaps after the bot book comes out.
As to Cyc and the scientific AI community, I have yet to see anything impressive come out of there. It's maddening. Tons of money is thrown in those directions and it seems to me you get a lot of theorizing without ever getting a bot you can talk with. What I could do with a couple hundred grand! I have a plan for improving the AI here in vast strides, but I wonder if I'll ever get the chance. Gotta pay the bills.
I've read some interesting stuff about Cyc -- I really wish the PF bots had access to a database like that.
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Just get a government grant
Here in canada, you can get a grant for most anything, including sitting on the beach, counting how many waves go by.
Just get a government grant
Here in canada, you can get a grant for most anything, including sitting on the beach, counting how many waves go by. 
I've considered it, Shady. There are AI grants out there. But grant-proposal writing is a very specific skill which I lack. I signed up for a class on it a few years ago but the company went out of business before the class happened.
I wonder if they'd consider someone without a formal education in AI.
I wonder if they'd consider someone without a formal education in AI.
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