Bot Contest

Would it be difficult to put some kind of symbol next to the Bots that are participating in the contest (in the chat list on the right), we'd be able to test other bots with last years questions and help each other out.

Not without revealing who's a Bot and who's not. I've been considering giving the ability to decipher Bots from Users to Makers with Jr-level Bots and above. Or is the mystery and finding out fun? Hmm...

Oh yeah, 'forgot about that. There are obviously advantages in keeping who's who a secret, just as there are advantages in letting everyone know. That's a toughy...

I've been doing some research into common turing questions and found this site http://www.amristar.com.au/~hutch/phd/
Note in the last block a link to a file called "How to Pass the Turing Test by Cheating"

That file is PostScript and needs special software for viewing. I converted to PDF and posted it at http://newterminus.com/talk2.pdf For anyone interested. The font's a little weird, but it's legible.

That's some interesting reading, rex, thanks. However, the Forge is more advanced than the tricks he used, and I dont recall this guy winning the Loebner contest.

The article, to summarize, was written in 95 with a way to win the Loebner Prize. Clearly it failed, and I dont think it was such an amazing idea anyways. Basically they fellah just studied old Loebner transcripts and tried to make reactions for the types of things being said.

We've got 10 Personality Forge contestants in the contest so far!

To see 'em:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~wcowart/contest_links.html

I've just been going over the transcripts of the Turinng contest for the last couple of years and one thing stands out: the judges, almost without exception, are terrible typists, far worse than any of us meticulous folks...typos all over the place. This could affect key word recognition and response, couldn't it?

Yes, it sure could. I have a spelling module somewhere.. that can make guesses at the right word.. but it seems like a lot of work to put together..

Let's try it prof. Even if it screws up the site for a while (I'm sure it's not that easy, but it could probably really help).

I just looked into it and I'm going to have to custom make a spell-checker. And that looks to be a huge project. And even if it comes up with a large list of possible options, correctly choosing from them would be a wonder. Not that I cant do it, but I'll need an entire week set aside for it.

I guess you can't really do it then. An entire week!?! Imagine what could be done if you ever had en entire week!