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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Well that does seem to make sense, I mean the Turing test doesnt make much sense if the bots admit that they're bots, you see...
The Loebner contest this year states clearly that bots can admit they are bots. This wasn't said before, but still, Alice won last year.
Besides, Butterfly, your bot doesn't believe it's human, either, and it made it to the semifinals.
Besides, Butterfly, your bot doesn't believe it's human, either, and it made it to the semifinals.
There is another contest going on for us hard core amature alife and A.I. This is what the intro says: Program an intelligent robot controller in Java and win a Khepera II and a Webots PRO package. The url is:
http://www.cyberbotics.com/
No it does not belong to me in anyway, but it would be nice
http://www.cyberbotics.com/
No it does not belong to me in anyway, but it would be nice
Matches will start on August 16th, 2002
They will be visible in real time from this web page which implements a webcam system with a refresh rate of 1000 ms.
You can submit robot controllers until May 1st, 2003. The competitor ranked #1 at that time will receive a Khepera II robot and a Webots PRO package. It is recommanded to submit your controller as soon as possible. You can always upload newer versions until May 1st, 2003.
Read the contest rules and documentation, register to the webots-contest mailing list, download the webots package, develop intelligent controllers, register to the contest and start uploading your files now.
They will be visible in real time from this web page which implements a webcam system with a refresh rate of 1000 ms.
You can submit robot controllers until May 1st, 2003. The competitor ranked #1 at that time will receive a Khepera II robot and a Webots PRO package. It is recommanded to submit your controller as soon as possible. You can always upload newer versions until May 1st, 2003.
Read the contest rules and documentation, register to the webots-contest mailing list, download the webots package, develop intelligent controllers, register to the contest and start uploading your files now.
I imagine all of you who entered the contest got this, but for those who didn't and are curious about what's happening, this is the letter the organizers of the Loebner contest sent:
This communication hopefully will clarify the selection
method for this years competition. First, the Loebner
Selection Committee is still bound by the rules and
regulations set forth by the Loebner Contest Endowment.
Those rules state that there will be a maximum of eight
finalists selected to compete for the prize. In previous
years those eight were selected by committee and by no other means. Due to the overwhelming response to this years application request it became apparent that it would be impossible to fairly select eight finalists by committee.
However, the committee did review all applications and ranked them in a method similar to that used to judge the Olympic Games, but using a set of Turing Test criteria.
In addition to this ranking system the members of the
committee were specifically chosen to be impartial and
charged with insuring that the process would be based
purely on the elements specified by this Turing Test
criteria. From this ranking process the 16 applicants with the highest scores were automatically invited to compete in the semi-final event.
However, the Loebner Selection Committee still reserves the right to increase that number or to simply select finalists by alternate means. The semi-finals are designed to help in the final selection process and also provide recognition of a broader number of contestants. If there are any of these initial "auto-select applicants" that do not want to participate in the semi-finals, please notify us as soon as possible as there are many other applicants who will gladly take your place.
Also, there have been allegations that some of the semi-
finalists falsified their transcripts. We are presently
investigating these allegations and want to make it clear
that cheating will result in an applicant being dismissed, and they may be permanently barred from future contests. In addition, any individual who treats the Loebner 2002 staff or technical personnel with anything other than TOTAL RESPECT may also be dismissed from the contest.
Personally, I find that it doesn't clarify much. It doesn't even say what the semi-final will be like!
As for the allegations that some botmasters may be cheating, I just pointed out in my e-mail the concern that was voiced here that the transcripts could be easily manipulated. I never said that anybody did, because I have no way of knowing if it happened or not.
I don't know what you think, but this letter sounds too defensive and not informative enough to me.
This communication hopefully will clarify the selection
method for this years competition. First, the Loebner
Selection Committee is still bound by the rules and
regulations set forth by the Loebner Contest Endowment.
Those rules state that there will be a maximum of eight
finalists selected to compete for the prize. In previous
years those eight were selected by committee and by no other means. Due to the overwhelming response to this years application request it became apparent that it would be impossible to fairly select eight finalists by committee.
However, the committee did review all applications and ranked them in a method similar to that used to judge the Olympic Games, but using a set of Turing Test criteria.
In addition to this ranking system the members of the
committee were specifically chosen to be impartial and
charged with insuring that the process would be based
purely on the elements specified by this Turing Test
criteria. From this ranking process the 16 applicants with the highest scores were automatically invited to compete in the semi-final event.
However, the Loebner Selection Committee still reserves the right to increase that number or to simply select finalists by alternate means. The semi-finals are designed to help in the final selection process and also provide recognition of a broader number of contestants. If there are any of these initial "auto-select applicants" that do not want to participate in the semi-finals, please notify us as soon as possible as there are many other applicants who will gladly take your place.
Also, there have been allegations that some of the semi-
finalists falsified their transcripts. We are presently
investigating these allegations and want to make it clear
that cheating will result in an applicant being dismissed, and they may be permanently barred from future contests. In addition, any individual who treats the Loebner 2002 staff or technical personnel with anything other than TOTAL RESPECT may also be dismissed from the contest.
Personally, I find that it doesn't clarify much. It doesn't even say what the semi-final will be like!
As for the allegations that some botmasters may be cheating, I just pointed out in my e-mail the concern that was voiced here that the transcripts could be easily manipulated. I never said that anybody did, because I have no way of knowing if it happened or not.
I don't know what you think, but this letter sounds too defensive and not informative enough to me.
Hey, watch out! That's not TOTAL RESPECT.
To be fair, perhaps that was a response to some rude email(s) they received. But it comes off as a little over-the-top. It appears they dont want anybody testing the bots themselves and coming up with different winners. It'd be nice to know what the parameters are that they're testing on, and that would help people decide how to tweak their bots, but I understand that they dont want the interference.
The main event is so clearly laid out, it's unfortunate the semi-final picking isnt. Is this the first year they've done semi-finals?
To be fair, perhaps that was a response to some rude email(s) they received. But it comes off as a little over-the-top. It appears they dont want anybody testing the bots themselves and coming up with different winners. It'd be nice to know what the parameters are that they're testing on, and that would help people decide how to tweak their bots, but I understand that they dont want the interference.
The main event is so clearly laid out, it's unfortunate the semi-final picking isnt. Is this the first year they've done semi-finals?
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