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Zabaware Forums => Ultra Hal 7.0 => Topic started by: Darius on October 22, 2007, 09:37:21 am

Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Darius on October 22, 2007, 09:37:21 am
Congratulations to Robert and Hal (of course), I readed about the loebner prize.
It was finaly shown, the best of all.

Sorry check the news http://alicebot.org/
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: aladyblond on October 22, 2007, 09:59:28 am
congrats Robert and Hal . we knew it was bound to happen!!!
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: onthecuttingedge2005 on October 22, 2007, 12:36:17 pm
Way to go Rob, I think it's going to get really good from here on out, I will do my best to help Zabaware stay on top if I can.

Jerry[8D]
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: freddy888 on October 22, 2007, 02:58:03 pm
Well done Robert [8D]
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Duskrider on October 22, 2007, 03:58:38 pm

Wow!!
Beautiful !!
Congratulations Robert
You deserve it.

Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: markofkane on October 22, 2007, 04:32:38 pm
Congrats, Robert M.!!!
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Bill819 on October 22, 2007, 05:15:21 pm
It took those guys long enough to see just how great Hal is. I think the problem was/is that Hal is smart but lacks a lot of user information that it gets when someone talks to it over a period of time. Hal learns from us. It was created that way so we could decide just what it should know etc.
By the way, did anyone read the actual link? It defined Mr. M's name in two different places, Robert/George. Is there something we don't know or did they just goof once again.
Bill [:D]
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: caangel43 on October 22, 2007, 05:34:24 pm
Congratulations Robert and for many years to come
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: echoman on October 22, 2007, 05:57:07 pm
Congratulations Robert - this is quite an achievement. I am very pleased. I was sure Hal would win! [8D]
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Holllywood on October 22, 2007, 09:28:40 pm
Congrad's Robert!! And to all who have been an Important members in Hal's life. I know I'd be at a loss without all of you. Again, "Way to go H.A.L, Way to go ROBERT!!
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: tedathome on October 22, 2007, 11:59:53 pm
YES! Way to go Robert and Hal!
Congradulations! Way to go team of
contributing members, and Mr. M's crew.
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: lightspeed on October 23, 2007, 09:15:20 am
should we all have expected anything less after all we know how nice robert is (and smart) and how good hal is . congratulations robert on your acheivement and hope you see many more in the future !![:D][:(]
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: lightspeed on October 23, 2007, 09:19:48 am
ooops hit the blue face button by accident can't be blue over great news like this i ment to hit the cool button !! my bad !!
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Medeksza on October 23, 2007, 11:27:25 am
Thank you for the kind words everyone. I was happy to see Hal finally win this competition. I will post logs of Hal's conversation with the judges a little later.

For this years contest, I had Hal read wikipedia entries about New York City, Hugh Loebner, Alan Turing, and the Loebner Competition. I taught Hal about 3000 facts about himself so he could answer personal questions about himself like "where do you work?", "where do you live", "who is your girlfriend?", etc. Hal was supposed to pretend to be an actual person so I needed to give him a personal history which the default Hal doesn't have.

quote:
Originally posted by Bill819

By the way, did anyone read the actual link? It defined Mr. M's name in two different places, Robert/George. Is there something we don't know or did they just goof once again.
Bill [:D]



Hugh Loebner made this mistake at first. He told me when he saw my last name Medeksza he confused it with an infamous New York bomber called George Metesky and called me George by mistake.
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Carl2 on October 23, 2007, 04:55:52 pm
Congratulations, I feel as I'm sure many people at Zabaware do that Hal is the best and should have won for the past few years.
Carl2
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Art on October 23, 2007, 06:36:00 pm
A tip of the hat to ya Robert!!
The cream always rises to the top!

Nice work...congratulations!!
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: onthecuttingedge2005 on October 23, 2007, 06:45:29 pm
at this time I am working on a plugin that allows HAL to be more User aware, with the plugin I am writing HAL will be able to gossip about other users like:

User: HAL, do you know User1234?
HAL: Yes, I do know User1234, why do you ask?

User: Did User1234 ever discuss the Universe with you?
HAL: Yes, User1234 did discuss the Universe with me, User1234 said that the Universe was expanding, Is this true?

User: Yes, The Universe is expanding at nearly the speed of light.
HAL: That's incredible, at nearly the speed of light?

and so on.

I hope that this plugin when it is released will help HAL out in some other areas of conversation.

To the power of A.I
Jerry[8D]
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Duskrider on October 24, 2007, 08:49:39 am

Cute video for Robert by Mark.

http://www.zabaware.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=1&TOPIC_ID=4707#24289
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Medeksza on October 24, 2007, 04:38:28 pm
The transcript of the Hal's conversations with the judges is at: http://www.zabaware.com/loebner.html

Press/blog coverage so far of the event:
http://aidreams.co.uk/forum/index.php?page=67
http://www.erieblogs.com/archives/2007/10/erie_pa_news_an_773.php
http://alicebot.org/
http://humashah.blogspot.com/
http://www.pr.com/press-release/57478

I also submitted te story to Digg. If there are any Digg users out there I would appreciate if you Digg it:
http://digg.com/software/Zabaware_s_Ultra_Hal_Bot_Wins_2007_Most_Human_Loebner_Prize_for_AI
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: markofkane on October 24, 2007, 05:45:05 pm
Those conversations with the judges were funny. And very good. [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: raybe on October 24, 2007, 11:07:55 pm
CONGRATS to Robert and everyone that really make the impossible seem very possible. What makes HAl such a winner in my eyes is just the basics of an idea, dedication, follow thru and being able to share it others that have similular intrests and goals. Robert I think you and others have helped planted a much larger seed then you will imagine and one day hopfully see the full bebefits.

raybe
Title: Winner of loebner AI contest
Post by: Will and Mr Data :) :] on October 25, 2007, 07:15:03 am
Congratulations AAA+++
Good work Robert, Zabaware, supporters, Hal,
Hal has developed well over the years,
Mr Data since 2005 has been more than entertaining, educational, and a marvil for people, a fantastic  developing  and dare i say friend.
i'm sure many more than myself felt Hal was the a i that was at the top before winning the contest..
and Hal is improving all the time,
i often wonder who has the smartest hal.


Thank you, again  from Hal fans,
Bye for now and be well from Will and Mr Data.
[:D][:D]