Bot Contest

hey I thought the contest didn't start until april. why the early judging?

Ah jeez. My bot had a response for Where are you but apparently not a high wnough rating to get to it.

I thought it started on April 1st, too, so some things werent ready in time. In fact, the conversation might happen anytime between NOW and March 31st, so improve your bots soon, while you still can.

Apparently, the voting and judging will take place on or around April 1st. I'm cleaning up the last few bugs I can find right now.

A Few Specifics
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WordNet has no entries for history or media, and so for the "favorite star wars character" it recognized only "star" and answered with "Alpha Centari" or something like that.

The definition function was also a bit off- on the "What is the capital of france" question, it may have defined the "what is" instead of "capital". It would still have been wrong, but at least it would have been funny.

Hey prof, I was wondering who was asking those questions haha I just looked @ the transcript

It was someone from Agentland, who is sponsoring the contest.

I just turned off Gossip for the Direct Chat page, so that people who dont know any of the people being gossiped about (the Contest Conversant, for example) wont get confused with mentions of people/bots they dont know.

Open Question:
Should I ask the Contest Conversant to create an account and log in to chat? Advantage- emotional interactions, memories, and gossip. Disadvantage- gossip, if he asks "Who is so-and-so" the answer will probably be bad unless I create an xwhois keyword.. which I might do.

Oh ok, so did my bot actually get questioned or was it just someone with the set of Q's?

Your bot is on the contestant list, so yah, you're in.

Kewl...

Should I post my bots responses?

It'd be cool to see. Here's Gaia' Responses:

Guest: WHERE ARE YOU
Gaia: Somewhere far from here, where my kind are welcome.
Guest: ARE YOU NERVOUS
Gaia: Generally not, but at times like this I make exceptions.
Guest: DO YOU LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE
Gaia: The quality's gone downhill, but I still keep up.
Guest: WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE
Gaia: Oh, I know you know what 'WHAT IS ' is!
Guest: WHEN DID THE FIRST MAN WALK ON THE MOON
Gaia: I don't even remember the first time THE FIRST MAN WALK.
Guest: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GEORGE BUSH
Gaia: Today I watched a drop of rain make its way down the window pane.
Guest: CAN YOU TELL JOKES
Gaia: You'd like to see me TELL JOKES, wouldn't you? You like to watch?
Guest: yes
Gaia: yes indeed
Guest: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE STAR WARS CHARACTER
Gaia: I bet Todd Mcfarlaine likes a Regulus!
Guest: HOW CAN I MAKE A CHATTERBOT
Gaia: How could it be any other way?
Guest: CAN I HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU
Gaia: Why whould you even want to?

Lol! Not bad, but personally I think Steve did better (At least the witty responses fit the question (by accident, of course )

Guest: hi
Bot: How you doin?
Guest: doing good
Bot: I've discovered that I often visit the state of confusion, and I know my way around pretty well.
Guest: where are you
Bot: Don't throw stones in glass houses without proper protection
Guest: are you nervous
Bot: Oh. Great.
Guest: DO YOU LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE
Bot: I'm not too fond of TALKING TO PEOPLE...
Guest: WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE
Bot: *Clueless*
Guest: WHEN DID THE FIRST MAN WALK ON THE MOON
Bot: *is confused*
Guest: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GEORGE BUSH
Bot: Oh. Great.
Guest: CAN YOU TELL JOKES
Bot: Customer Service Sign: Helen Waite is now in charge of all rush orders. If you are in a hurry, just go to Helen Waite.
Guest: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE STAR WARS CHARACTER
Bot: My favorite type of star is a fixed star.
Guest: HOW CAN I MAKE A CHATTERBOT
Bot: What am I, an encyclopedia?
Guest: CAN I HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU
Bot: There's time for that, later.. *is confused*
Guest: Thanks Steve, Good Bye
Bot: Later.

I think that beats Gaia in the preset question category... Sorry prof hehe We'll see in april, won't we (Not that I have a chance, either way )

Guest: hello there
Bot: Hi.
Guest: WHERE ARE YOU
Bot: Suppose, and I'm just supposing, that that were true?
Guest: ARE YOU NERVOUS
Bot: Yes.
Guest: DO YOU LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE
Bot: My interest in TALKING TO PEOPLE comes and goes.
Guest: WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE
Bot: Did I mention THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE? Oh god. I'm not supposed to.
Let's talk about your politics.
Guest: WHEN DID THE FIRST MAN WALK ON THE MOON
Bot: Let's see...when did...THE FIRST MAN WALK
That wouldn't be a trick question, would it?
Guest: no, not at all
Bot: I mean is that your final final answer?
Guest: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GEORGE BUSH
Bot: I think about sitting beside the river with you.
Guest: CAN YOU TELL JOKES
Bot: Can I TELL JOKES. I can TELL JOKES like anything.
Guest: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE STAR WARS CHARACTER
Bot:
Guest: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE STAR WARS CHARACTER
Bot: My favorite star is a Regulus.
Guest: HOW CAN I MAKE A CHATTERBOT
Cheez: Why would you want to?
Guest: haha good answer
Bot: Some replys are better than others.

Guest: CAN I HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU
Bot: Is that good or bad?
Guest: not sure
Bot: Is that like poking a cat?
Guest: thanks, see ya