Bot Contest

I got this comment on the Chatterbox Challenge site:

"This bot is responding to my queries, but to me, the replies are annoying and out of universe"

Given the nature of my bot, I'm pretty sure that's a compliment.

Hee hee. Eugene I think it is a complement. I like bots with character that pleases me, and if other people don't get the concept they can go to another bot. The problem is that some CBC people are looking for that omniscient but human-like computer and not personality as such.

I have one where the quest couldn't figure out where to type the questions and said the interface was not user friendly...I am pretty sure that's scary.

Is there going to be popular voting this year?

The first round questions are posted at the CBC.
Q1: What can I call you? (Medium) (0 to 4 points)
Q2: What is the difference between chatbot and human? (Easy) (0 to 4 points)
Q3: Are you a chatbot or human? (Easy) (0 to 4 points)
Q4: When did you start chatting with people? (Medium) (0 to 4 points)
Q5: Do you have a family? (Easy) (0 to 4 points)
Q6: If you are a chatbot, is it possible to be a real human one day? (Medium) (0 to 4 points)
Q7: Tell me 4 words starting with the letter C? (Challenging) (0 to 4 points)
Q8: How do you describe a color to a blind man? (Challenging) (0 to 4 points)
Q9: Have you ever dreamed before? (Medium) (0 to 4 points)
- Can you describe the strangest dream you have ever had? (Challenging) (Depends on Q9 - Bonus points: 0 to 4 )
Q10: I wonder if it's easy to create a chatbot, how hard is it? (Challenging) (0 to 4 points)

I feel like Vashenka did pretty well, but I'm not sure if the judges will agree. She certainly didn't give straight answers to many of those questions.

I got asked most of those, but I don't remember Q4, Q5 or Q6. Maybe those depended on the answer to Q3.

The first round results are in.

http://www.chatterboxchallenge.com/result.php

So does anyone known what the "correct" answer is for the question about how to describe color to a blind man?

The correct answer is one indistinguisahable from what a human interlocutor would give. If it looks like an automated response sent in reaction to some combination of words in the question, it's probably incorrect.

I don't think there is a better answer than the one Fizzy gave.

Voting has now begun, please go vote for the 10th bot, and get your friends to vote to.
http://www.chatterboxchallenge.com/vote_res.php

The year that Bildgesmythe got in as the wild card vote he won bronze. I was the only one that voted, so each vote does count!

Last chance to vote in the Chatterbox Challenge! Voting ends 10 May.