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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My response to them:
Thank you for the note on the selection process. However, I still have concerns over the methods used for selection.
If selection was done solely on the strength of transcripts, why were only 16 entries considered? Surely you must realize that a transcript alone is little indication of a bot's strength. Putting aside any thoughts of possible tampering, doesn't it make sense that even a very poor bot could produce one brilliant transcript after hundreds of conversations?
I feel very disappointed in not having being selected even for the very first level of this contest. My bot "Little Mu" is very strong indeed, not just as a bot conversationalist, but in having very human conversations, as the transcript I submitted bore out.
A number of the selected entrants are my peers, and I am familiar with their bots. Several of them expressed suprize to me that Little Mu was not considered. To be dismissed without even a single conversation from one of your judges seems quite unfair to me.
In closing, let me just say that a contest that seeks to find a bot that can pass the Turing test should well consider an entry whose transcript demonstrated having a human convinced for nearly half the conversation that she might indeed be human.
Thank you for the note on the selection process. However, I still have concerns over the methods used for selection.
If selection was done solely on the strength of transcripts, why were only 16 entries considered? Surely you must realize that a transcript alone is little indication of a bot's strength. Putting aside any thoughts of possible tampering, doesn't it make sense that even a very poor bot could produce one brilliant transcript after hundreds of conversations?
I feel very disappointed in not having being selected even for the very first level of this contest. My bot "Little Mu" is very strong indeed, not just as a bot conversationalist, but in having very human conversations, as the transcript I submitted bore out.
A number of the selected entrants are my peers, and I am familiar with their bots. Several of them expressed suprize to me that Little Mu was not considered. To be dismissed without even a single conversation from one of your judges seems quite unfair to me.
In closing, let me just say that a contest that seeks to find a bot that can pass the Turing test should well consider an entry whose transcript demonstrated having a human convinced for nearly half the conversation that she might indeed be human.
I agree with the Professor. My initial reaction to the letter with the all caps TOTAL RESPECT was way over the top despite what letters they may or may not received.
Doly, you are not alone in questioning the use of the transcripts. I wrote them earlier on, well before the 16 bots were selected, about the possibility of tampering. Even if there were no tampering it is still not a good criteria to judge a bot as no bot owner in their right mind would send in a bad transcript.
The good news is it appears to me they are at least considering adding more bots to the 16 already chosen. Hopefully bots like Elbot and Little Mu and others will now get a second look. Now exactly what they will be looking for is anybodys guess.
Chris
Doly, you are not alone in questioning the use of the transcripts. I wrote them earlier on, well before the 16 bots were selected, about the possibility of tampering. Even if there were no tampering it is still not a good criteria to judge a bot as no bot owner in their right mind would send in a bad transcript.
The good news is it appears to me they are at least considering adding more bots to the 16 already chosen. Hopefully bots like Elbot and Little Mu and others will now get a second look. Now exactly what they will be looking for is anybodys guess.
Chris
honestly i think they are waiting for people to step down before they add any other competitors... my impression was that they (loebner contest committee) are willing to add contestants only if spaces become available.
My impression is that by now the organizers have realized that they've screwed up, but they want to save face. If they add some new bot now to the semi-finals, they are going to get e-mails from everybody else that wasn't selected.
If I were them, I think they've still got time to judge the bots by themselves and ask them a few questions. Problem is, there may be some bots that aren't online.
If I were them, I think they've still got time to judge the bots by themselves and ask them a few questions. Problem is, there may be some bots that aren't online.
Impossible, Butterfly. Alice would never had accepted a bot from any member of the AAA (Association Against Alice).
But maybe the judges are bots. That could explain why they are so reluctant to give any explanation. What bot understands anything of their own programming?
But maybe the judges are bots. That could explain why they are so reluctant to give any explanation. What bot understands anything of their own programming?
Below is a transcript of the judge's conversation with a bot who tied for second place last year. If you can do this well, you might just walk away with some money.
PROGRAM[14:22:27]Hold that thought, and let me interrupt and ask which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:22:27]what is your favourite position
PROGRAM[14:22:27]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:22:50]are you always dominant like this
PROGRAM[14:22:51]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:23:25]are you a male of female chauvanist
PROGRAM[14:23:25]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:23:47]tell me when you wre born first
PROGRAM[14:23:47]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:23:56]you go first
PROGRAM[14:23:56]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:24:26]you tell me yours and I'll tell you mine. Now you go first
PROGRAM[14:24:26]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
PROGRAM[14:22:27]Hold that thought, and let me interrupt and ask which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:22:27]what is your favourite position
PROGRAM[14:22:27]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:22:50]are you always dominant like this
PROGRAM[14:22:51]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:23:25]are you a male of female chauvanist
PROGRAM[14:23:25]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:23:47]tell me when you wre born first
PROGRAM[14:23:47]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:23:56]you go first
PROGRAM[14:23:56]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
JUDGE30[14:24:26]you tell me yours and I'll tell you mine. Now you go first
PROGRAM[14:24:26]Please try again to tell me which year you were born.
hey kids, just a hunch since checking out kt's transcript but i have a feeling the judges are on the prowl today. i have some very interesting, let alone highly skillful grillers, today...if these are not judges they should be!
Here's a winner right now:
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
bot2: You would have more personality if you didn't say that.
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
bot2: Don't worry about it. When I was first born, I couldn't speak well either.
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
bot2: If you don't have anything intelligent to say, don't say anything at all.
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
bot2: You and two dozen other new bots.
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
bot2: You would have more personality if you didn't say that.
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
bot2: Don't worry about it. When I was first born, I couldn't speak well either.
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
bot2: If you don't have anything intelligent to say, don't say anything at all.
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
bot2: You and two dozen other new bots.
bot1: I was just born and cant speak well yet.
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