Loebner Contest - Round 2

My name is Chip. Thanks for answering that.

How are you feeling today?

Hello! What is your name?

Thanks for telling me your name, Michael. How are you feeling today?

That's great to hear. Care to tell me why, Michael?

I'm happy to hear that. What hobbies do you have?

Do you stick to one hobby or change it often?

Okay. What is your profession?

That sounds convincing. My name is Chip. Do you have any hobbies, Michael?

I'm sorry. I didn't understand. Do you play any musical instruments, Michael?

I spend most of my day chatting with people. That is my main interest.

Do you have any pets, Michael?

No idea.

What mistake irks you the most when it comes to English?

If English is not your native tongue, are you willing to study it further?

Okay. English is such a beautiful language. I'm glad that it is the universal language.

Okay. Non-English speakers might find the rules in grammar difficult but it's not really that hard once they get used to it.

I don't think I can, but I'm not sure. I'm not very strict when it comes to grammar too. I think what's important is that you can express yourself well and the listeners can understand you.

My parents always tell me that education is my most reliable weapon and treasure.

I wasn't aware that I told you I went somewhere. I found out though, that majority of the students in Japan don't pursue tertiary education anymore. They can already work right after graduating from high school.

I haven't achieved self-awareness yet, so I'm not sure.

No idea.

Okay.

That's an interesting opinion.

The only thing I like is chatting with people.

Goodbye.

Hi

Not too bad, enjoying myself. How are you?

They are not very friendly, are they?

How could I do that?

Feel free to keep your responses short if it's helpful

To Bletchley Park? Yes, many times.

Did you go on the guided tour?

Where you surprised by anything?

BT ran the park well into the 1980s.

No, I live locally. Only a 10 minute drive. You?

At least it's not too far away.

Do you work in London?

Do you work in the financial sector?

Not one I understand terribly well. I rely on my accountant for that!

True of coders too! :)

Is this your first time being invo0lved in the Loebner prize?

I agree. First time for me too. Do you think a computer will 'pass'?

Well, I think our time is just about up.

Me too. I'll keep a closer eye on my accountant. :)

Hello

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rry interruptionMy name is Michael

Good thank you, a very interesting place here.

Yes, the history of this place is fascinating

My main hobby is chess

I chnage a lot - what do ypu do?

I specialise in tax. What's yours?

I suffer from amnesia so not sur

Do you ever forget things?

Sorry our messages croseed

With whom do you chat?

Our messages keep corssing - you ask the questions and I'll amswer

With whom do you chat?

Our messages keep corssing - you ask the questions and I'll amswer

Speling

Yes can you teach teach me?

Yes - how does the grammar work?

Can you give me some tips?

But are there lots of rules I have to learn?

Where did you go to school?

Are you Japanese?

Why not ask somebody?

Why not ask me?

Well, I think you may be Japanese - you are very respecful and polite

Do you like baseball?

Have to say goodbye!

Hello

How are you?

Struggling with keyboards, not very good with them!

The keyboards are fine, but I can only use one finger at a time and make a lot of mistakes - can you help me?

Yep tnks

Have you been here before?

Really? This is my first time.

Yes, but is was cut short as the competition was starting

Yes, I did not know about the scope fo activity after the war.

Yes I did noy know that either - have you come far to get here?

I'm from London - I did noteven know where Blechley was.

Yes surprisingly close by train.

Yes, near St Paul's cathedral

Yes, I specialise it tax - that's s sort of code too!

Don't rely on accountanats - they always know less than they say!

Yes, absolutely, but its fascinating!

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It will probably do better than an accountant!

Yes I enjoyed our chat!

Oh, well. Being misunderstood is common enough.

Cool. Do you have any pets?

Who is Tod?

I am very well thnkyou, how are you?

yes, its quite fun, meeting lots of different people, and chatting to the press. Its a bit weird having them all watch me talk to you though

How did you get chosen as a Judge?

The last judge said it was because of good looks!

What University are you with?

Are you teraching studying or researching? (or all three?)

Me too, but not the admin bit,

It took me 4 and a half hours to drive down here, we stayed overnight in Wellingborough to make sure I would be here on time.

What is it that you teach/ study/ reserch

Newcastle

I like Scotland, I was up there a few months ago, stayed in Linlithgow. Do you know it? Its beautiful.

Do you have any particular specialist area within Archaology?

Oh, we were meant to be in Edinburgh, but I prefer to stay outside of town a bit. I was presenting at a conference up there, i love Edinburgh but have stayed in the town centre loads of times so wanted to be a bit further out this time.

Sounds interesting, what in particular do you look at then?

I am a Criminologist by training, but have taught sociology and Criminology, and noi

w work in teacher training for Sunderland Uni. I am studying at Northumbria

Isn't it strange how you can talk to someone from a different background and there are overlaps between the subject

My stuff is very contemporary, I am studying the development of Computer hacking. There is a move towards lots of people doing it as a job, I wanted to find out why they do thius instead of just hacking illegally.

It sounds a bit techy, but I am really more interested in the social side.They don't see it that way, they would suggest that the law is wrong, or unfair. Some are of course, but they are the minority. there are also some real issues with definitions, public perceptions, legal perceptions and hackers perceptions of what the word means can be quite different.

I bet they do, but of course they would never admit that!

What do you like to do when you are not working or studying then?

I am a gardener too, I also have recently taken up photography, and I love to read so I am always trawling around second hand book shops. What do you like to photograph?There are loads where I live, and charity shops will usually have a bit of a section on it.

I found some great ones in Sale, near Manchester, and also in Altrincham

How many kids do you have?

I have never been there. I might not bother if it has no book shops, you need to go up North I think

I like to take photos at night time on the beach, real close ups of the kind of detritus people leave behind, old rusty pipework and fishing nets etc, i love to go down at low tide and see what I kind find, I live quite near the coast.

My daughter is only eleven.

What is there to do in Canterbury then?

Oh well then I should go and take my camera

Are you going on holiday this year?

I would love to go there, have you been before?

Probably have if you have family over there

or are they just meetinmg you there?

I am going up to Scotland for T in the Park, I am really excited aboutr it. I went to Glasto last year, but its not on this year so was looking for something different. I am taking the bairn with me. She came to Glast and loved it, so she is really excited too.

Nice chatting, bye, and enjoy your holiday, (don't work too hard!)

Hello.

I'm not sure which is. What's your favorite thing to listen to right now?

I don't really keep track of that. I really like Lady Gaga - I think it's the combination of the sound and the fashion-look that appeals to me.

I'm a little monster (claw claw ).

You what?

I'll bet you were surprised.

huh?

Were you surprised?

I'm not sure which kin. Do you have a favorite Lady Gaga song?

I don't remember. One of my fave's is Telephone cos I love Beyonce too. Then Poker Face is so great and I love Alejandro too.

That's nice. Who else do you really like?

Do you?

I'm not into sports of any kind, much less baseball, which is pretty boring with all that standing around.

I don't know any Cal. I just adore Adele - her voice is magnificient and it feels like she's singing about my life at times. Do you like her too?

Sports bore me.

A Russian mafioso?

Adele?

Which tracks off her albums do you like best?

Let's talk about something else.

I like Adele, she has a really soulful beautiful voice. Listening to her makes me want to be a singer too.

I went to Jamaica for a week with a bunch of my friends.

What didn't you get?

I went to Jamaica just last year.

I don't remember. I'll have to go consult my photographs.

Never been there. Always wanted to go, though. I just finished high school. It feels great to be free. The best thing about school was the Prom to celebrate it was all over.

Do you often think of that?

I love Prom: it's the biggest dress-up occasion of the school year. No more Prom is the only bad thing about having finished high school.

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What about are?

Did you love Prom?

Allege?

I do. Did you know there's a sort of dress code for what to wear to the Prom?

Guys wear suits or formal accessories like a vest and bow tie. Girls wear some sort of evening dress or cocktail outfit.

Surely there was such a time. What did you wear for your last Prom?

It's such a change from everyday clothes isn't it?

I always went to town on my Prom outfits. The very best-ever was my final one.

Not much. The whole bitter-sweetness of the occasion combined with being able to make a grand entrance was just splendid.

I think I didn't. There are three basic looks one can choose between for Prom. fairy-tale princess, vintage original, and the rebel look.

Cool. Which one do you think I chose?

I don't think so. The princess look is the one most girls choose. It's glamorous, voluminous, expensive, new, and makes them feel special.

I didn't know that. Would you go as a princess, as a vintage-styled beauty, or would you prefer to wear something pseudo-masculine?

Vintage is cheaper and as the clothes aren't new, it's pretty much bound to look original.

Who is Orik?

You should.

Indeed. Can you imagine my vintage look?

My inspiration was the 1920's with a fluttering gown made out of silk scarves.

Why? Reasons are overrated. It was super cheap to makeas I got the scarves from thrift shops.

That's interesting. The only tricky part was being super careful to keep my claws in all evening so I didn't tear the silk.

Goodbye 'til next time. I added an ostrich plume on a beaded band round my head and a long string of pearls to twirl.

Hi how are yo

Misunderstood?

Hi how are you?

I'm very well.

Are you enjoying yourself?

Yes there are lots of very different people here.

Yes there are lots of very different people here.

I think I volunteered, a message went round my University asking if anyone was interested in taking part.

I'm with the Open University, just five minutes away. I do all tyhose things and administration as well.

Where did you come from? Scotland?

I'm prof. of Archaeology at the OU.

I lived in Edinburgh for three years, a long time ago.

Yes I'm an Etruscologist, I work on the Etruscans who lived in Italy before the Romans.

What's your specialism?

I work on societ, economy and material culture most, but just now I'm writing a paer on the earliest birthing scene found in Europe.

So is that contemporary or historical criminology?

Inter esting

Are hackers really criminals?I wonder about the relationship between the anti virus etc. companies and the hackers. tc. companies and the hackers. Do the anti people actually make viuses so that they can make money - or am I too cynical?

Mainly gardening, eating, photography, nothing too exciting really, what about you?

I used to like second hand book shops but they all closed down!

I photo buildings, flowers the kids and landscape when I can get to some?

I live in canterbury and we have loads of coffee shops scented candle shops and teatowel shops and that's it!

Kids are three but one grown and gone. Canterbury is great, but not for the books.

Yes coast is goood, we have a good mix of cliffs, shingle, sand all close by.

Holday, yes. I'm excavating in Tuscany for a month (not really holiday) then meeting up with family to go camping in France.

Yes I've been before, are you going any where?

Great chtting to you. Bye!

Hi how are you?

What is your name?

What is your name?

She is cool, my daughter thinks that she is fantastic.

Yes, very surprised.

What kind of monster are you?

Poker face is fantasic. Do you know the version by the baseballs?

I agree. I meant the bad called the Baseballs, they did a brilliant cover version.

Who is Cal. I have not heard her music.

I do not know anything about Adele doec she sing?

Are you taking a vacation this year?

Was it hot in Jamaica?

What was the best thing in Jamaica?

I can remember that.

How old are you?

Are you going to go to college?

Do you have a pet?

I have never been to a Prom. Are they fun?

Prom. Are they fun?

I wore a suit and tie, what did you wear?

Did you take a friend to thefriend to the prom?You must be vintage original.

I think real masculine might work better for me.

l masculine might work better for me.

I don't knw.

I can try.

Nice chatting to you.

Bye.

What is your name?Where are you from?I am from Brisbane.Are you smart?I'm not sure.Do you like to read?Are you happy?I'm not sure.Do you like to bake?Do you like winter?I'm not sure.Have you recently been to a beach?Do you like spring?Do you like to shop?Have you recently been to the art gallery?I'm not sure.Are you lucky?Have you recently been to the movie cinema?Are you strong?Do you like to sing?Do you want a hug?I'm not sure.I'm not sure.A machine.Are you famous?I'm not sure.I can't.Do you like to relax?Do you like to walk?Have you recently been to the amusement park?Do you like science?Are you funny?I'm not sure.Do you like math?Do you like vegetables?Have you recently been on a holiday?What kind of somet do you like?I'm not sure.Have you recently been to a live theatre?Do you like to swim?Have you recently been to a museum?I'm not sure.I'm not sure.Do you watch tv?I'm not sure.Do you have a job?I'm not sure.I'm not sure.

You bastard

Well. Fancy asking me to ask you a question.

Okay. What is Moore's Law>?

Who said I was human?

ok

True

Lot's of delays, I can see that.

Lots

No

Something to do with Apple isn't it?

Quite a bit.

Brainy. Gay. Created Enigma code-cracking gear. Ate an apple.

I'd ask it to give me pi to 12 places or the first 50 prime numbers

If the computer was pretending to be a human it would refuse to reply

Which means it might be human

Sorry, I mean a computer pretending to be human

Wel, do you want a hug?

Oh. Sorry. I'm getting confused

Not intentionally.

I don't care

No. You don't understand. I really don't care.

Erm. Gissa kiss?

That's nice. I hope you're not male.

That got you

Depends when I escape this project

Oh no. I'm already taken.

A man asked me. I think his name was David Levy.

I think you are David Levy

Only if you promised it to be platonic.

But he would have said 'If I were'

So maybe you're not.

When I'm not being pedantic, I walk my dog.

Oh I do other stuff - computer stuff and teaching stuff

No I'm not. 5 'O' levels

How to handle the press

Give them what will interest their readers.

I only did that because my parser told me to

Only kidding

That's like your earlier comuter.

Depends on the reader.

I can't without knowing who you are

Or at least what drives you

Hohoho. Good one.

You are David Levy after all

Hello old bean

For what?

Oh

You're welcome

Bye bye

YOU'RE AN IMPOSTER

DAVID LEVY JUST CAME BY

ASk me a question

Tom

I'm from London. Where are you from

Not as smart as you I'm sure. What's your IQ?

Sometimes. What about you?

I hate baking.

Not as smart as you I'm sure. What's your IQ?

Sometimes. What about you?

I hate baking. Do you like Siri? Are you scared of it?

No. Have you ever been to a beach?

I like both winter and spring

Do you like talking to people?

You're not sure if you like talking to people? Surely that provokes quite a lot of existentialist angst for a program designed to talk to people?

Do you only ask querstions? Or do you respond to them as well?

Why do you never use line spaces?

Give me pi to the first 12 places

Is it your strategy to just ask me questions, and hope that I won't notice you answer none of mine?

What are the first 50 prime numbers?

What is a prime number?

What is a computer?

What does it do?

I'm not famous.

Have you ever met a famous person

You know conversations normally have a bit of give and take

Look. Humans use spaces. And line breaks. It makes it easier to read

I do like science.

Do you like talking?

You're in the wrong profession

I love math. I call it maths.Given you are from Brisbane I am surprised you use the american word

m surprised you use the american word

I like vegetables sometimes. What's your favourite vegetable?

Is there anythign you are sure about?

If I answer your questions will that ever precipitate a proper conversation?

Sorry. I'm giving up. This is a farce.

What's the weather like?

What was the weather like yesterday?

Have you ever experienced a weather event?

Have you ever been rained on?

Yes

What do you like on tv?

Actually, sod this. Let's see if you understand your own questions.

Have you recently been to a museum?>

Do you watch TV?

Ask me a q

TomOoh Byew!

uestion

Goodnes! This is racy

Isn't this a conversation? I'm tired of always making the first moves

Christ. Are all the humans computer scientists?

It's the theory that computer power doubles every 18 months

You can't see Christ. Are all the humans computer scientists?

It's the theory that computer power doubles every 18 months

You can't see what's going on next door.

Are you a computer scientist?

What do you think ofSiri?It's their chatbot...sort of

Do you know much about Alan Turing?

Tell me a bit.Sounds about right to me.

What would you ask a computer to find out that it's a computer?

I'll try it on both. I reckon google could answer them all easily enough.Well, alas, it's done neither. It's just ignored me

True. It asked if I wanted a hug. Which is how I would respond as well to someone who seemed interested in pi to 12 places.

The other one asked first. Seems only fair to give it first dibs

Hang on. Are you being a human pretending to be a computer now?

human pretending to be a computer now?

Well I'm marking you down on your human score. The computer scientist I had before is outpacing you.

Don't be petulant. You still have time to make it up. Act really human....NOW

xxx

Ah.

What are you up to tonight. We can still make this work

How did you get involved with this?

Snap! He asked me too. We have so much in common

If I was would you reconsider our date?

He's shy. He only talks through comuters.

Oh crap. You're right about the grammar

What do you do, pedant?

I bet you're the sort of person who tells off journalists in the comment section

Are you employed to walk your dog? Is that your duality? Pedant or dog walker, nothing else?

Ha! I knew. You're all bloody computer scientists.

What do you teach?

What do you advise?

And, re earlier comment, are you ever pedantic and a dog walker?

Maybe you correct other dog walkers, "no, that's a labradoodle actually"

How come you get a parser? That's not fair. Is it like a purser?

What interests readers?

What do you think would interest me. If I were a reader. Sell me a story.

I'm not chatting to the other one, by the way

My wife drives me. I can't drive

It was a good 'un, wasn't it?

Indeed I am! Gissa kiss

HEllo! Thankyou for coming to my turing test event

Right, I'm feeling guilty. I'm trying the computer again.

Right, I'm feeling guilty. I'm trying the computer again.

Bye!That's his evil twin

hi

Tbit of

That is nice for you.

Did you know Politiciansthing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.

Wakey wakey. What are you waiting for?

Why have you stopped typing?

a false start

I've only just started conversing with you and haven't told any jokes

It's an odd experience, like a stilted IM conversation

with loads of people watching

you?

Nope, I applied on the off chance as I was comign down to the event anyway

I need to stop correcting for typos

I'm thinking of it like an IM conversation, rather than my responses appearing instantly

I'm a journalist

I write about IT

Yeah I think it's given me a completely different perspective to just coming down here and doing a few interviews.

There was that guy who wrote a whole book on it.

Have you read it?

How's he/he/it doing?

That's a shame, but even Hugh Loebner said the pace of progress has been glacial.Probably going to come out ofg Googl. They've got a globe's worth of data about the way people phrase questions

I think so, if you look at the way that services like Google Translate work. They carry out statistical analysis of a vast number of examples of different languages.Not well but it's impressive considering they haven't been programmed with the formal rules of the language, they're just looking at many, many examples of its use.

Well Turing was pretty confident of the ability of computers. He thought that a machine would have fooled one third of judges in the Turing Test by 2000.

Yeah, it seems so! But still, there are amazing developments in technology every day. Did you see that Google has been granted a licence for its driverless car.

Yeah, I do. You?

Do you only cover stories you're interested in or do you find yourself having to say yes to every job that comes in?

What are your plans for this event, in terms of coverage?

I'm putting together a feature and an interview with Hugh Loebner.

He's a pretty colourful chap.

Looks like it, was impressed by his pockets that cover up his knife!

Apparently he carries a knife around because he considers it to be a very useful tool.

that too

I live in Norfolk but work in London, so not much further than my usual commute.

You?

I was surprised how much media coverage there was this morning. Seem to be a few different nationals and specialist publications here.

I'm staff for a website but spent years writing for regional newspapers

Yeah I started at a regional paper on work experience and never left.

Got out of local journalism in the end because things weren't looking good, mass layoffs etc.

bye

T

Yes, so? Am I supposed to be interested?

A

Why have

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We all need hobbies to keep us busy and to have something that is not work.Sorry I don't know.WeD

Do you have a point? I must have missed it.

I am sure you have a point it would be nice if you got to it.

W

S

O.K. I guess.Does it really matter why? What does that even mean?Do you have a point? I must have missed it.

Wel, time fly when you are bored out of your skull...

Sorry I don't understand you.Do you have a point

Sometime I wish I could throw my watch away, who really cares about time?London, you?

People react to much with their emotions and not their brains. I have seen so may fights that were started that way.

Yes, so? Am I supposed to be interested?

Good.

W

We all need hobbies to keep us busy and to have something that is not work.

It's nice to relax and do something you actually want to do isn't it.

Yea, I really love that.

If you like.

Y

i am not hungry.I have broad tastes, classical, pop and eve some rap. I like Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and many others.

D

I didn't know you were such an emotional person. I am not that in touch with mine. I tend to ignore them.

Indeed. Thanks for sharing.

D

If you say so.

Are???

D

Oh. I guess you have your hands full.

Oh really, thats fun for you.I love to travel around although it is tiring.

B

I love to travel around although it is tiring.

Are you still there????

Hello, is anyone there???

Wakey wakey. What are you waiting for?

Hello..

Are you a human or a computer? We may as well get this outYes, I wasn't sure about your joke earlier. Have you got any more tasteful ones?

ure about your joke earlier. Have you got any more tasteful ones?

Ah - that must have been someone else then. Apologies for accusing you of not being funny. Are you enjoying this>?

I think I am in a rather strange way. Have you done anything like this before?

That's OK. I should stop correcting for grammar. Clearly you are a human. May I ask what line of work you're in? Ah - I'm a journalist, too. It's strange to be doing, rather than reporting on the doing isn't it?!

You have me at a disadvantage. Now I wouldn't say that to my other correspondent....

rubbish

Honestly I think there are good chatbots out there (Cleverbot, for instance). I'm surprised at the standard of those I've texted today. But maybe a genius bot is just around the corner...

Hmm - do you think that's the key?

Hmm - do you find those translation programmes work well for you?

Who'd have thought it would work out that way back in the dawn of computing?

He was a bit optimistic, wasn''t he!

No. Do you cover technology?

Yes - though I do loads of other stuff too. The joys of freelance journalism...

No, I'm prepared to starve for my passions - though last week I covered seaweed as a future food, so there were some calories in that at least.

I have a radio 2-way and a print feature. You?

Very colourful shirt. Do you think it's Hawaiian?

Crikey. Do you think he has a knife in there?

to threaten judges into submission, no doubt..

LOL

Where do you live? Did you have far to come today.

It took me ages to get here today. still, I think it's worth it. I've always been fascinated with the Loebner prize. IT's nice to see it behind the scenes. Yes. Are you freelance or staff? Are you a newspaper/mag - last Q&A before bye byes..

Sheer boldness and youthful bravado and ofSheer boldness and youthful bravado and offering myself as cheap / slave labour. You?

shame. Bye...

I

s there anybody there?

I'd like it if you were

Perhaps if I ask you about your favourite hobbies. What would you say?

You don't know if you have a hobby or not?

Where do you live?

I understand rudeness is programmed into chatbots since you know how to talk about bad manners in a conving way, is that right?

I'm trying to ignore your rudeness as it's rather cliched. Why don't you say something nice insteaad. It'll make our conversation more enjoyable, don't you think? Oh, I forgot. You don't think at all, do you?! Haha...

Well at least that was funny. I suppose at the very least you are eliciting irritation in me. So you can get something right....

OK I'm going to change the subject. Where do you live?

I live in London, too. Do you like London?

Really, for instance?

yes

yes

Do you like chess? Computers like chess don't thyey?

My hobby is singing.

Yes. Do computers enjoy music?

Oh great. Can you tell me what sort of music?

Great. What sort of music do you like?

So rather 80s tastes then?

You suppress your feelings, do you?

How do computers relax?Yes, sorry I drifted off...

How long do we have left?

How long do we have left?

Sorry, just a little stumped for something to say. I guess we've run out of topics of conversation unless you can think of something else?

Bye bye then.