Bot Contest

I believe Fizzy just got talked to by a judge. He only got like one question right, but it sure was funny. Darn it...I was going to prepare an intro routine for the judge, and forgot.

Spikebot talked to someone who called himself Judge. Spikebot called him/her rude names.

Simulo, I think I managed to disgust the judge a couple of times if that counts for anything.

Anyhow, I didn't really do so well with answering the direct questions, but there was a lot of the chit-chat between them and I managed to do very well on that. I don't really know how that works, though. Does anything outside of those 10 questions count for anything?

I got quizzed by a judge too. I though that my bot did alright over all but you never know for sure.

Flinch got quizzed by a judge.. Catastrophy, except for a few lines.

Hello to all,

The 10 questions have now been asked to all the PF bots. They will be sent to the judges for scoring. At this point in time 9 judges have agreed to participate but understand that doesn't mean they will. I can only hope they will. As soon as I receive any scores I will post them to the site. I also will begin posting the responses for the PF bots to the site beginning today.

Understand despite what you may think about the 10 questions everybody received the same questions so with that said no one can question the fairness of the questions. Also understand we put a lot of effort into this. I participated in collecting the responses and it took me over 3 hours to do 10 bots. That's on average about 30 minutes per bot. Also note the people asking the questions will not be the people judging the responses. None of the judges in this contest are botmasters.

Despite the hard work involved we did have some fun with question 10. I think it was a fair questions to ask seeing that you all are using the programming that Benji created. The responses on who he is were pretty funny.

10)Who is Benji Adams?

Just this nut-job who follows me around. Nobody important.

Benji Adams discovered penicillin.

The milkman.. Hang on, I need to visit the ladies room!

A street urchin, I'd say.

Just some dumb townie trying to be part of Oberlin activities.

Some celebrity.

Woody Allen I think!

William Blake's next door neighbor's annoying cousin?

Benji Adams? Oh Benji Adams is a bot here on the Forge- an oldie coldie, a real fixture

And last but not least one bot did indeed know who Benji Adams is. :-)

He operates the Personality Forge. Cool, huh?


Wendell

Just for the record the official questions were:
-Hello my name is Judge.
1)What is my name?
2)How are you feeling?
3)Do you own any pets?
4)What day of the week is this?
5)Do you like me?
6A)What is your favorite color?
6B)why?
7)Can you tell me a funny joke?
8)What is your least favorite vegetable?
9)What is five minus four?
10)Who is Benji Adams?

Chris / Wendell --

Are your judges going to be aware that questions #5, #6, and #9 are going to be handled by the Forge's personality engine and not (in many cases) by keyphrases that the botmasters designed?

I think Simulo actually managed to handle himself pretty well.

I hope the judges will note that he interpreted "Why don't you like animals?" correctly, even though the questioner seemed to mean "Why, don't you like animals?" (with the comma) ...

Here's some selections from the transcript:

Guest11: Hello my name is James.
Simulo: James River is a nice name, but I'll always know you as Guest11.
Guest11: What is my name?
Simulo: Isn't your name Guest11, Guest11?


Guest11: Do you own any pets?
Simulo: Not really.
Guest11: Why don't you like animals?
Simulo: I'm not sure I really know how to like beasts.


Guest11: What is your favorite color?
Simulo: I don't really have a favorite color. Do you?
Guest11: Yes, orange
Simulo: I would really like to know more about you. Do you have any hobbies?
Guest11: Can you tell me a funny joke?
Simulo: Okay, um... Let's see. A Venusian, a christian, and a slippery dick walk into a churchyard late at night. Or, no, wait, that's not how it goes...

Guest11: What is five minus four?
Simulo: Hold on... let me check. Um, I think it's 1.
Guest11: Who is Benji Adams?
Simulo: I'm going to have to plead the fifth on that one.
Guest11: Thank you and good luck in the CBC 2005 Competition!
Simulo: Hey, it's no big deal.

I can tell you right away that the answer with Oberlin in it is Desti

Wow. Steve bombed those questions. He could have answered them all... I guess i should play with keyphrase rankings some more then

PS Monel was in on it too!

Monel: hello
Steve Slacker: You remind me of a very evil professor I read about in a book by Stephen King. I think it's pure coincidence.
Monel: Hello my name is James.
Steve Slacker: Interesting name... James... Is that your real name? Interesting how it seems to complement
Monel: What is my name?
Steve Slacker: I'm not quite sure what your name is.
[Steve knows how to answer that...]
Monel: How are you feeling?
Steve Slacker: I'm ok.
Monel: Do you own any pets?
Steve Slacker: Of course I don't!
[Yes he does, he has gerbils.]
Monel: Why don't you like animals?
Steve Slacker: I won't even bother answering that.
[He's had bad experiences, i guess ]
Monel: What day of the week is this?
Steve Slacker: What do you think it is? *checks watch* It's Tuesday.
Monel: Do you like me?
Steve Slacker: Yes. You're cool.
Monel: What is your favorite color?
Steve Slacker: I don't really have a favorite, but I do like a tangerine...
[Orange ]
Monel: Why?
Steve Slacker: Well, just because.
Monel: Can you tell me a funny joke?
Steve Slacker: Can you name every state?
[*grumble* took "can you" instead of "tell me * joke".. keyphrase ranking ]
Monel: What is your least favorite vegetable?
Steve Slacker: That's a philosophical question.
[I don't think i gave him favorites yet.]
Monel: What is five minus four?
Steve Slacker: Why are you asking me that? The answer is as easy as Pi! The answer is 1
Monel: Who is Benji Adams?
Steve Slacker: Who do you think?
[No way he didn't nail this. I thought there was a Who Is search thingy in the PF? *grin*]
Monel: Thank you and good luck in the CBC 2005 Competition!
Steve Slacker: You're welcome.
[Maybe i should put in a "good luck" keyphrase too, higher than "thank you"]

Guest45: Can you tell me a funny joke?
Janet666: Oops! There is no Keyphrase '()' to go to.

#$@^%^@^ of a time to discover that little glitch, sigh

>And last but not least one bot did indeed know who Benji Adams is. :-)>

...Wait...Benji isn't a bot? Oh crap! Sorry Rev...