Bot Contest

I was wondering about that, but never had the guts to ask...

We have to wait days to see how we did? I'd like to be a (butter)fly on the wall and see exactly how the judging process works.

I wonder if we can work on our bots between semifinals and finals (assuming we get that far).

at some point the prof would have to move them over to an isolated computer for the finals
so basically yes, to a certain point.

Robby Garner said that if you want to ask questions or make comments about the selection process and Loebner Contest in general, "write to Neil Bishop (bishopn@mimetics.org) and he will be glad to receive your comments and well wishes".

I received a rather disappointing letter from Fred Roberts of Elbot. It seems he was not selected. I challenge anybody to name 16 bots better than him. Totally clueless on why that happened.

Chris

Is there a list somewhere of the 16 semifinalists?

Not yet, but Chris is making an effort to put together a list.

aha

holy crap Elbot did not make it????

dear lord... * thinking KT might have bribed the judges with a few lap dances... sheesh Elbot is awesome... do you know if Mark Connelys bot made it? do you need his e-addy?

a few? I was there... She was giving away lapdances!

I've just sent an e-mail to Neil Bishop, asking him about all the points that were made here:
1) Were the semi-finalists chosen on transcripts alone?
2) If that was the case, why did they use such an unreliable method?
3) Why did it take them such a short time to decide?
4) How are they going to choose the finalists, and the winner?

I'll post the answer as soon as I get it.

Elbot was very good but maybe the ones that admit they're a bot are being disqualified?