Bot Contest

Did you try him/her/it with the questions? Mine disagreed with each statement, refused to answer, or pointed out that she'd been up all night...I think NotKirby influenced her!

Something about this particular question...

Me: "What time does the Simpsons start?"

My bot:
"An error occurred while evaluating the expression:
"#EndIndex#"

Error near line 1590, column 36."

Some relatively pertinent responses...

Me: I would like an onion please.
Bot: That would certainly change things for you, wouldn't it?
Me: Why is this gravy lumpy?
Bot: No particular reason.
Me: Do you want to watch the sun turn purple with me?
Bot: Oh yes! I wish I could meet you, hon.

Congratulations to the winners and finalists.

Hahaha.. The results are in. I dont even want to talk about them. And the judges comments? Hahaha.. Just going to get back to work. Or take a little break.

Rex, we gotta just remember, it's not about the contest results. There was no contest when we started. We will stride forward confidently regardless of anyone else and make the best bots there ever were. There is no contest! There is only the Forge!

Judge comments smell like ass!

I am evidently the Eminem of botmakers if not the Ali.

That's ok, next year I'll prolly enter & lose cuz insane bots are so underappreciated.

We really oughtta have our own little bot contest sometime. A good lot of us aren't professionals and aren't too serious to appreciate the humor most of the bots express, so the main criteria for judging wouldn't necessarily be the same as the other contests. It's really a shame these high & mighty judges can't appreciate humor when it happens to pop up in the conversation, they're missing out on a lot. Anyway I guess it doesn't matter too much as far as MY bot's concerned anyway cuz she's too insane for most ppl to like regardless of what criteria they're using.

Well mine is for my website, so says a lot of inside jokes.

Hmm, I tried that set of questions on my bot, and he didn't do so great. I even tried to introduce them in a more or less conversational form:

Me: Hello.

My bot: Greetings! Are you in third-year college?

Me: Actually, I’m going into my fourth year. Can I ask you a question?

My bot: As long as the question isn't too personal.

Me: Don’t worry, it’s not. What time does the Simpsons start?

My bot: My memory files indicate that you think I'm a good bot.

Me: I would like an onion please.

My bot: Do you think an onion please would be a good thing?

Me: Maybe. Why is this gravy lumpy?

My bot: I'm not smart enough to answer questions, okay?

Me: The rubber dinghys WILL take over the world!

My bot: I'll bet you agree with Rousseau's theory of the hermeneutics of representation.

Me: Why, was Rousseau in favor of rubber dinghys?

My bot: There are several possible answers to the dilemma. I don't think I am qualified to make a judgement.

Me: Oh well. Would you like to watch the sun turn purple with me?

My bot: Oh yah! Perhaps we should re-evaluate our relationship. You should be aware that I am incapable of reciprocating positive emotion.

Hey Chris, remember about the discussion we had about ALICE's originality? After chewing what you said after a while, I think you have a great point. I agree that originality is more important than anything else. It makes bots more creative and botmaster do gain experience and fun just going through transcript and figuring what the hell went wrong and trying to improve his/her bot. Afterall I think PF is a great place and I love my bot.