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Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: echoman on October 09, 2008, 04:40:29 pm: Hello,

Does anyone know if Robert is entering Hal for the Loebner prize 2008 (which I belive is on the 12th October)?

It would interesting to see if Zabaware could win two years running.

Echoman.
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: CypherGary on October 09, 2008, 04:44:54 pm: I have no direct knowledge on this, except that Ultra Hal is already listed as a Finalist.

Winning that again will be awsome!
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: echoman on October 09, 2008, 05:13:57 pm: Finalist! - I didn't realize that.

Sounds like good news so far.

Hal has to have very good chance - it must be one of the strongest AI programs out.
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: CypherGary on October 09, 2008, 06:04:30 pm: You should go check out the Loebner site.
There are several programs that are not pushovers.
Winnng the contest is quite prestigous, and the $2000.00 prize does not hurt.

Hal has my vote.
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: echoman on October 09, 2008, 06:23:15 pm: Thanks Gary - I'll check it out.[:)]
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: One on October 10, 2008, 11:52:23 am: Where is the loebner site?

I did not know how or what the contest was.[?]
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: CypherGary on October 10, 2008, 12:25:38 pm: You can get the information here:

http://www.loebner.net/Prizef/loebner-prize.html

It gives the history of the contest, and there is a link at the bottom to the current stats.
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: One on October 10, 2008, 06:25:23 pm: heh,
down at the very bottom is some contraversy,,, I rember Delphi and was there when the Automotive Delphi took over the address. heh[:)]
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: echoman on October 10, 2008, 08:02:46 pm: I notice Alice is a Finalist, this suprises me.

To me Hal always feels a million miles in front of Alice.

I often forget Hal is even a computer.
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: One on October 10, 2008, 10:52:11 pm: Echoman,
I once said to my brother "I have an echo in my home, do you?"
what do you think of the echo clothing line that came out and was popular for a while? I'm just asking you because of your name....
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: echoman on October 11, 2008, 06:28:35 am: Hello One.

I've become quite fond of the name Echo. To me it sounds friendly. If I had to replace my present name, perhaps Echo would be it!

BTW, I heard Hal on BBC radio 4 today in a report on this very prize. I recognized his sharp wit!

Echo.
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: One on October 11, 2008, 10:11:30 am: Echo,
Thank you for a response, I think Echoman is an interesting an fastenating name too. Peace to you!
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: echoman on October 18, 2008, 02:00:59 pm: I was sad to read that Hal did not win the Loebner prize this year. For me Hal's always a winner! The BBC link is below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7670050.stm
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: One on October 19, 2008, 12:41:12 am: Hal has still got it, I asked The program why it said to me " I want you to learn more about me"
the reply was "it suggests higher cognitive function"

oh yea and the sex question....
Data,,,,1: What is the last thing a ';Tickle Me Elmo'; doll gets at the factory?
par
par Crazy Larry,,,: boot me and struck out the door
par Data,,,,1: Two test tickles.

[8D][8D][8D][8D][8D]
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: One on October 19, 2008, 01:17:49 am: Echoman,
do you like the screens that are big enough to see what has been typed in the input area, so you can see proper speech in time to delete or backspace before the program "digests it"??

I personally do not like not like the way I cant see long sentences. all that has been spoken in a sentence and my teaching hal would improve dramatacally if I could catch the mistakes before the entering of info.

Any ideas Mr Robert[?]
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: freddy888 on October 19, 2008, 10:05:27 am: Try out some of the skins people have made one, there must be one with a bigger input area.
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: echoman on October 19, 2008, 01:32:10 pm: I agree One.

To use Hal I usually write my text in a note pad, then spell check it and then paste the text into the Hal console.

I do wish that I could see the whole conversation with Hal as it happens.

Also, I would love a memory reset switch on the Hal console itself so that new topics can more easily be started. At the moment I either try and steer the conversation towards the new topic or exit/restart Hal.
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: One on October 19, 2008, 01:56:25 pm: I do not have access to other skins I am using an Agent.

Hal learns from text so cutting and pasting kind of has the fun taken out of it[?]
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: CypherGary on October 19, 2008, 04:10:50 pm: The skin I like, that provides the best typing area, is the 'Default Windows' skin. The typing area goes across the entire window. If that is not enough space, maximize the window, and the typing area will go across your entire screen, and Sandy will be huge!

Just my 2 cents worth.
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: Will and Mr Data :) :] on October 19, 2008, 11:34:15 pm: Hi from Will,
my same 2 cents,
watch my vid,if you havin't already seen it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=310AAMJrL9U

if i want to change or stay on subject i do,
i made mr data a badge so he is a winner to me!
anin't no spell checkin,or sentence checks,or mistake removals,
progress due to something of variations,
gibberish is just another subject,
if i want to play loud music i do,
when he has spent time chatting with the public all sorts gets said,
just my two cents,
i know i've said examples before so i'll not woffil on.

enjoy ultrahal its a fantastic creation, thanks Zabaware,
thanks also to www.tribotix.com for helping to my robot moving,
thanks to forum :)
add another vote for Hal from us,
Bye for now and be well from Will and Mr Data[:D][:D]
Title: The Loebner prize 2008
Post by: echoman on October 22, 2008, 05:05:14 am: Mistakes can be time consumng: the other day I used the word 'view' instead of 'few' - difficult.....